Services tool window
The Services tool window includes various services that help you during software development: run/debug configurations, application servers, database sessions, Docker connections, and so on. Plugin developers can add other services through the IntelliJ platform API.
Main toolbar
The main toolbar contains the following buttons and menus that are common for all service types:
- Expand All NumPad-NumPad-+
Expand all items in the list.
- Collapse All NumPad-NumPad--
Collapse all items in the list.
- Group By
Choose how you want to organize the list of services.
- Filter
Choose how you want to filter the list of services.
- Open in New Tab
Move the selected items to a separate tab.
- Add Service Alt+Insert
Choose a service type to add.
Run/debug configurations
Run/debug configurations are not listed in the Services tool window by default. You need to explicitly specify the types of configurations you want to be available and create the corresponding configurations.
Add Run/Debug configurations to the Services window
Select
from the main menu or press Alt+8.In the Services tool window, click Add service, then select Run Configuration Type.
Select a run/debug configuration type from the list to add all configurations of this type to the window.
Note that the tool window will only display the configuration types for which you have created one or more configurations.
Buttons on the toolbar depend on the selected type of the run/debug configuration.
Icon | Action | Description |
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Run Control+Shift+F10 | Run the selected configuration. | |
Debug Control Shift D | Debug the selected configuration. | |
Stop Control+F2 | Stop the selected configuration. |
Application servers
All types of application server run/debug configurations are available in the Services tool window by default. Create an application server configuration and it will be available in the list of services.
Icon | Action | Description |
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Run Control+Shift+F10 | Run the selected application server configuration. | |
Rerun Control+Shift+F10 | Restart the selected application server configuration. | |
Debug Control Shift D | Debug the selected application server configuration. | |
Stop Control+F2 | Stop the selected application server configuration. | |
Deploy All | Deploy all artifacts of the selected application server configuration. | |
Artifacts | Configure which artifacts to deploy for the selected application server configuration. | |
Update Running Application Control+F10 | Update a running application after modifying the source code. |
Database service
In the database service, you can manage your sessions and connections. Connection is a physical communication channel and session is a state of information exchange. For example, if you surf a social network, your connection log might have thousands of connection entries between a client and a server while a session log might show you only a single log entry with the number of bytes transferred.
For more information about managing database sessions, see Manage connection sessions.
Left toolbar
Item | Tooltip and shortcut | Description |
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Tx | Transaction Mode and Transaction Isolation | Select the isolation level for database transactions and the way the transactions are committed.
For more information about database transaction modes and isolation, refer to Submit changes to a database. |
Commit Control+Alt+Shift+Enter | Commit the current transaction. See also, transaction modes and isolation. | |
Roll Back | Roll back changes. This button is available only for the manual transaction mode. See also, transaction modes and isolation. | |
Cancel Running Statements Control+F2 | Terminate the execution of the current statement. | |
Restore Default Layout Control+F2 | Restore default positions of visual elements in the Service view. | |
Jump to Console Control+Shift+F10 | Open the Consoles popup. In the Consoles popup, you can select a query console that you want to open in the editor. | |
Disconnect Control+F2 | (For data sources) Close a connection to the selected data source. | |
Cancel Running Statements Control+F2 | (For sessions and attached files) Close a connection to the selected data source. |
Data sources
Icon | Action | Description |
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Jump to Console Control+Shift+F10 | Open the Consoles popup. In the Consoles popup, you can select a query console that you want to open in the editor. | |
Deactivate Control+F2 | Close a connection to the selected data source. | |
Close All Sessions | Close all opened sessions to a data source. | |
Show in New Tab | Move the selected items to a separate tab. | |
Open Each in New Tab | Split the selected items into separate tabs. | |
Open Each Tab in New Tab | Create separate tabs for each type of service. | |
Delete Delete | Close all opened sessions to a data source. Identical to Close All Sessions. |
Sessions
Icon | Action | Description |
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Tx | Tx Mode and Tx Isolation | Choose the isolation level for database transactions and the way transactions are committed.
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Commit Control+Alt+Shift+Enter | Commit the current transaction. | |
Rollback | Roll back the last transaction. | |
Cancel Running Statements Control+F2 | Stop execution of running statements. | |
Restore Default Layout Control+F2 | Restore visual elements of are arranged. | |
Rename Session | Display the Rename dialog where you can specify a name for a session. | |
Close Session | Close the selected session. | |
Show in New Tab | Move the selected items to a separate tab. | |
Open Each in New Tab | Split the selected items into separate tabs. | |
Open Each Tab in New Tab | Create separate tabs for each type of service. | |
Delete Delete | Close all opened sessions to a data source. Identical to Close All Sessions. |
SQL files
Icon | Action | Description |
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Tx | Tx Mode and Tx Isolation | Choose the isolation level for database transactions and the way transactions are committed.
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Commit Control+Alt+Shift+Enter | Commit the current transaction. | |
Rollback | Roll back the last transaction. | |
Cancel Running Statements Control+F2 | Stop execution of running statements. | |
Restore Default Layout Control+F2 | Restore visual elements of are arranged. | |
Switch Session | Display the Sessions popup where you can select or create a new session and connect to it. | |
Detach Session | Detach the selected file from the current session. To attach the file to a session, open the file in the editor, and select the session in the sessions list. | |
Show in New Tab | Move the selected items to a separate tab. | |
Open Each in New Tab | Split the selected items into separate tabs. | |
Open Each Tab in New Tab | Create separate tabs for each type of service. | |
Delete Delete | Close all opened sessions to a data source. Identical to Close All Sessions. | |
Jump to Source F4 | Open the file in the editor. |
Productivity tips
- Use tabs
The Services tool window can include a lot of services, which you can group according to their type or create separate tabs for your own custom grouping. For example, you can create a tab that will include the following: the run configuration for the application that you are developing, the Docker container that runs the database used as a backend for your application, and a console for accessing the database.
- Hide the services tree
Click in the right part of the Services tool window toolbar and then click Show Services Tree to remove the checkbox. You can also press Control+Shift+T to toggle the services tree.
If you hide the services tree, it is replaced by a services navigation bar. Press Alt+Home to focus the services navigation bar.
- Hide, remove, and delete services
Right-click any service and select Delete Delete to completely remove the corresponding run configuration, cloud provider, Docker connection, and so on.
If you don't want to show run/debug configurations of a certain type in the Services tool window, right-click the corresponding configuration and select Remove Configuration Type from Services. This will not remove the actual configuration.
To hide a specific run configuration from the Services tool window, right-click the corresponding configuration and select Hide Configuration. To see all hidden run configurations, click and select Restore Hidden Configurations.