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Tool windows

Last modified: 16 October 2023

View | Tool Windows

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.

Tool windows

  1. Database Explorer

  2. Files tool window

  3. Services tool window

Some tool windows are always available (for example, Database Explorer, Files, and others), some are activated when a specific plugin is enabled, and some appear only when you perform a certain action (for example, Services, Debug, and Find).

Open a tool window

To show or hide a tool window, do one of the following:

  • Go to a tool window under View | Tool Windows.

  • Use the corresponding shortcut, for example, Alt02 to open the Files tool window . If there is no shortcut for a tool window, you can assign it as described in Configure keyboard shortcuts.

  • Click the corresponding tool window button on the tool window bar.

    Tool window bar

  • Click the More tool windows icon (the More tool windows icon) on the tool window bar and select the tool window.

  • In the Classic UI, hover over the quick access button Icon for quick access to tool windows / the Tool windows icon in the lower left corner of the main window and select a tool window.

    Quick access to tool windows

Hide the active tool window

  1. Press ShiftEsc or select Window | Active Tool Window | Hide Active Tool Window from the main menu.

    To show the hidden tool window, use the shortcut assigned to it (go to View | Tool Windows to see the full list of tool windows with shortcuts).

  2. Right-click the tool window's icon on the toolbar and select Hide.

  3. Click the Hide button (the Hide icon) on the tool window's title bar.

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

Hide or restore all tool windows

  • Press CtrlShiftF12.

  • Double-click the editor tab that you want to maximize. This will only work if Perform 'Hide All Tool Windows' / 'Restore Windows' with double-click on editor tab is enabled on the Advanced Settings page of the IDE settings CtrlAlt0S.

  • Select Window | Active Tool Window | Hide All Windows/Restore Windows from the main menu.

  • To change focus from a tool window to the last caret location in the editor, press Esc.

  • If you selected a code item in a tool window, for example, a search result, a code issue, or a bookmark, press F4 to open the corresponding file and locate this item in the editor.

  • To change focus from the editor back to the last active tool window, press F12 or select Window | Active Tool Window | Jump to Last Tool Window from the main menu.

Tool window bars and buttons

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By default, DataGrip has a single tool window bar at the header. To switch back to multiple tool window bars, press CtrlShift0A, find the Use Single Tool Window Bar toggle, and turn it off.

Tool window bars on the sides of the main window contain the icons of tool windows. Click an icon to show or hide the tool window. Right-click a tool window icon to open the context menu, where you can hide or move the tool window. You can also drag tool window icons to rearrange tool windows.

Show or hide tool window icons

  • Select or clear Tool Window Bars from the main menu under View | Appearance.

When the tool window bars are hidden, you can double-press and hold Alt to show them.

Tool window components

Generally, all tool windows have a title bar, a toolbar, and a content pane.

Tool window layout

  1. Title bar

  2. Toolbar

  3. Content pane

Some tool windows are also separated using tabs or a dropdown selector in the title bar, based on the functionality that it covers. Select Window | Active Tool Window | Group Tabs to show tabs. Disable this option to show a dropdown menu.

The Files tool window with the Group Tabs option enabled

The title bar contains the tool window options menu The tool window options menu / Options for changing the viewing mode and the position of the tool window. You can also access these options by right-clicking the title bar or the tool window button. Some tool windows can have other options in this menu, depending on the functionality (for example, to sort, filter, and group items listed in a tool window).

Click the Hide button to hide the tool window and use other buttons that may be on the title bar, for example:

  • The Expand All button and The Collapse All button to expand and collapse the contents of the tool window

  • The Select Opened File button to locate and select the file from the editor in the tool window

Actions from the tool window toolbar are usually also available in the main menu and context menus. Some of them can also be executed with a default shortcut. You can assign shortcuts for actions as described in Configure keyboard shortcuts.

For all tool windows that display tree-like structures (for example, Files tool window) you can display vertical lines that mark indent levels in tree views and help you better understand the hierarchy of the components in your project. To display these lines, enable Show tree indent guides on the Appearance and Behavior | Appearance page of the IDE settings CtrlAlt0S.