File Watchers
for Windows and Linux
for macOS
Ctrl+Alt+S 
warning
File Watchers do not start when you open a project in the Safe Mode. See Project security for details.
Item | Tooltip and shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Add Alt+Insert | Click this button to open the Choose template popup and select the relevant type of File Watcher. After that CLion opens the New Watcher dialog for customizing the predefined File Watcher according to the settings of the current project. |
| Edit Enter | Click this button to update the settings of the selected File Watcher in the Edit Watcher dialog. The update is applied to the current project File Watcher only, it does not affect the predefined CLion-level template. |
| Remove Alt+Delete | Click this button to remove the selected File Watcher. The File Watcher is no longer applied to the files in the current project. Note that this action does not affect the corresponding predefined template which is still available at the CLion level. |
| Up Ctrl+Alt+Up Down Ctrl+Alt+Down | Use these buttons to change the order of File Watcher in the list. This determines the order of launching File Watchers, if more than one are enabled. |
| Copy | Use this button to create a copy of the selected File Watcher. |
| Import | Click this button to import an existing File Watcher and add it to the list of available File Watchers. |
| Export | Click this button to export the selected watchers to watchers.xml file, located under the user's home. |
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