Managing IDE Windows

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The IDE's windowing system lets you arrange windows anywhere in the IDE window by dragging and dropping them. Each window appears as a tab in the area in which it resides. Even if you close a window or it closes automatically, the IDE remembers the window's position the next time you open it.

To move a window:

  1. Click the window header and drag it to the desired position. A red preview box shows you where the window will reside once you drop it.
  2. Drop the window.
Tip The Source Editor can only contain documents and cannot contain windows. You cannot dock any windows into the Source Editor, and you cannot move document tabs outside of the Source Editor.

Automatically Appearing Windows

Some windows only appear when you are performing the task to which they are related. For example, the Debugger windows only appear when you are in a debugging session. You can manually open task-related windows so that they are always open. .

To open a task-related window:

Window Navigation Shortcuts

The following table lists some useful keyboard shortcuts for navigating the IDE windowing system:

Keys Action
Ctrl-` Toggle open IDE windows
Shit-Escape Maximize window
Ctrl-Shift-2 Show file in Filesystems window
Ctrl-F4 Close window
Ctrl-Shift-F4 Close all documents
Shift-F4 Open Documents dialog box
Ctrl-0 Switch to Source Editor
Ctrl-1 Switch to Properties window
Ctrl-2 Switch to Filesystems window
Ctrl-3 Switch to Project window
Ctrl-4 Switch to Output window
Ctrl-5 Switch to Runtime window
Ctrl-6 Switch to To Do window
Ctrl-7 Switch to HTTP Monitor window
Ctrl-8 Switch to Versions window
Ctrl-9 Switch to VCS Output window
Ctrl-Shift-6 Switch to Execution window
F1 Show Help for selected component
See Also
Working With Large Files in the Source Editor

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