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Tool windows

Last modified: 22 November 2024

Tool windows provide access to development tasks: viewing your project structure, running and debugging your application, integration with version control systems and other external tools, code analysis, search, navigation, and so on. By default, tool windows are attached to the bottom and sides of the main window. However, you can rearrange and even detach them to use as separate windows, for example, on another monitor.

The following screenshot shows several common tool windows occupying the space around the editor:

Tool windows examples
  1. Project tool window Alt01

  2. CMake tool window

  3. Git Commit tool window

  4. Structure tool window

Some tool windows are always available some are activated when a specific plugin is enabled , and some appear only when you perform a certain action

To focus your attention on the editor, you can hide all tool windows and when necessary, quickly restore all windows that were open when you've hidden them.

You can use the following shortcuts to manage CLion's tool windows: