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Project tool window

Last modified: 26 February 2025

View | Tool Windows | Project or Alt01

The Project tool window Alt01 lets you take a look at your project from various viewpoints and perform different tasks such as creating new items (directories, files, classes, and so on) , opening files in the editor, navigating to the necessary code fragments, and more.

Views

The tool window has several views:

  • Project view. This view displays all the project items along with their dependencies (SDKs and libraries) . The emphasis is on the directory structure, although the packages are also shown.

  • Scope views (Project Files, Open Files, and so on). These views display the contents of the predefined and user-defined scopes. In other respects, depending on the currently selected view options, a scope view may resemble the Project or the Packages view.

  • Scratches and Consoles view. This view lets you manage your scratch files and query consoles.

To switch between views, press Alt0→/Alt0← or select a view from the list on the header.

You can also display each view in a separate tab: click Settings and disable the Group Tabs option.

GoLand: choosing a view in the Project tool window

Appearance and behavior

Quickly add files and folders

You can create a new file or folder from the tool window toolbar. The available options depend on the node selected in the tool window.

  • Click on the tool window toolbar and select an option from the list.

    Use the speed search to find options faster: start typing the file type you want to create to narrow down the results.

Preview files

There are two ways to preview files without opening each one in a separate tab:

  • Use the file preview popup: select a file in the Project tool window Alt01 and press Space.

    Opening a file preview in the Project tool window

  • Enable the preview tab: click the Options button and select Behavior | Enable Preview Tab.

Show file size and modification timestamp

You can view the size and modification timestamp for the files in the project tree.

  • In the Project tool window Alt01, click the Options button and select Appearance | File Details.

Descriptions in Tree Views option on and off

Show tree indent guides

In the Project tool window , you can display vertical lines that mark indent levels and help you better understand the hierarchy of the components in your project.

  1. Press CtrlAlt0S to open settings and then select Appearance & Behavior | Appearance.

  2. In the Tree Views section, enable the Show indent guides option.

Tree indent guides in the tool window

Header context menu

The context menu that appears by right-clicking the header or clicking the Options button the Options icon provides settings for project views, viewing modes, as well as for switching between the views, resizing the tool window, and more.

The following table lists and briefly explains the available commands and options.

Item

Shortcut

Description

Select Next View or Tab

Alt0→

Use this option to switch between different views.

The option is only available when Group Tabs is disabled.

Select Previous View or Tab

Alt0←

Use this option to switch between different views.

The option is only available when Group Tabs is disabled.

Show List of Views or Tabs

Alt0↓

Use this option to switch between different views.

The option is only available when Group Tabs is disabled.

Behavior

Enable Preview Tab

Enable the preview tab that allows you to view files in a single tab one by one without opening each file in a new tab.

Open Files with Single Click

Open an item in the editor by clicking it in the Project tool window once. Otherwise, you need to double-click items to open them.

Note that you cannot disable this option if you enable the preview tab.

Open Directories with Single Click

Expand and collapse directories in the Project tool window by clicking them once. Otherwise, you need to double-click a directory to open it or use the Expand icon next to the directory's name.

Always Select Opened File

If this option is on, GoLand automatically locates documents that you open in the editor in the current view of this window.

Appearance

Members

If this option is on, the files in the tree that contain classes turn into nodes. When such a node is unfolded, the contained classes with their fields, methods, and other members of the selected item are shown.

Group Tabs: ON

Group Tabs: OFF

Show members enabled
Show members disabled

Excluded Files

This option is available only in the Project view.

Turn this option on or off to show or hide excluded folders and files.

Scratches and Consoles

Hide or display the Scratches and Consoles node.

This node contains your scratch files and query consoles.

File Details

Select this option to have the size and modification timestamp of files displayed.

File Nesting

Opens the File nesting dialog where you can configure presentation of files that have same names but different extensions.

Customize Tree Views

Navigate to Settings | Appearance & Behavour | Appearance | Tree Views to configure options for tree views.

Sort By

Name

Sort files alphabetically by their names.

The option does not affect the order of folders, they are always sorted alphabetically.

Type

Sort files by their extensions.

The option does not affect the order of folders, they are always sorted alphabetically.

Modification Time (Newest First/Oldest First)

Sort files by the time they were modified. To display this information, select View | Appearance | Details in Tree View from the main menu.

The option does not affect the order of folders, they are always sorted alphabetically.

Folders Always on Top

If the option is on, folders are shown above the files. Otherwise, all items are sorted alphabetically, and files and folders appear intermixed.

Edit Scopes

Open the Scopes dialog in which you can create and edit used-defined scopes.

Note that this command is available only if the current view is a scope view.

Speed Search

Ctrl0F

Search for an item. Learn more from Speed Search in tool windows

Group Tabs

If this option is on, there is a list in the left part of the header from which you can select the necessary view.

If this option is off, the views are represented by tabs which appear in the left part of the header.

Group Tabs: ON

Group Tabs: OFF

Group Tabs enabled
Group Tabs disabled

View Mode

This option lets you control general appearance and behavior of the tool window. For full information, refer to Tool window view modes.

Move to

To associate the tool window with a different tool window bar, select this command, and then select the destination tool window bar (Top, Left, Bottom or Right). For full information, refer to the Move tool windows chapter.

Resize

To resize the tool window by moving one of its borders, select this command, and then select the necessary Stretch to option.

Note that this command is not available for the floating mode.

Remove from Sidebar

This command hides the tool window, removes the associated tool window button from the tool window bar, and removes the tool window from the quick access menu (tb shown or tb hidden).

To open the tool window again (and restore the associated features), use the main menu: View | Tool Windows | <Window Name> or press Alt01.

Hide

ShiftEsc

Hide the tool window.

Help

This command opens the description of the Project tool window in the GoLand online help.

Title bar actions

Item

Shortcut

Description

Select Next View or Tab

Select Previous View or Tab

Alt0→

Alt0←

If the views are currently shown as tabs (the Group Tabs option is off), this button appears to the right of the last visible tab.

Open the list of views, for example, to select a different view.

Select Opened File

Navigate from a file in the editor to the corresponding node (file, class, field, method, and so on) in the Project tool window Alt01.

This icon is not available if the Always Select Opened File option is currently on.

expand all

CtrlNumPad +

Expand all nodes.

collapse all

CtrlNumPad -

Collapse all nodes.

settings

Open the menu for configuring the current view and changing the tool window viewing modes. The available options are a subset of the header context menu items.

Note that most of the menu items are options that you can turn on or off. An option which is on has a check mark to the left of its name.

Hide tool window

ShiftEsc

Hide the tool window ShiftEsc.

To hide all the tool windows, press CtrlShiftF12.

Content pane

The content pane shows the project items such as directories, files, and other elements.

Item

Description

Folder

A folder (directory). Different folder categories have different colors.

plain text

Files marked as plain text.

Context menu commands for the content pane items

The context menu of an item provides access to all the functions available for this item.

Item

Shortcut

Description

New

AltInsert

Create a new item (directory, file, or class) within the selected one. (project or directory).

Cut

Ctrl0X

Move the selected item or items from the current location to the clipboard.

Copy

Ctrl0C

Copy the selected item or items to the clipboard.

Copy Path/Reference

Use this command and one of the following options to copy the selected item(s) to the clipboard:

  • Absolute Path: copies the full path(s) of the selected item or items.

  • File Name: copies only the file name to the clipboard.

  • Path From Content Root: copies the path relative to the directory that contains the application content files.

  • Path From Repository Root: copies the path relative to the project repository.

  • GitHub Repository URL: copies the path relative to the project repository on GitHub.

  • Toolbox URL: if you have GoLand Toolbox installed, you can insert the copied path in the browser to open the Toolbox application with the selected project.

  • Copy Reference (CtrlAltShift0C): copies the reference of the selected item including the line number.

Paste

Ctrl0V

Insert the contents of the clipboard into the selected location.

Jump to Source

F4

Open the selected file in the editor. If the file is already open, the corresponding editor tab will become active.

Find Usages

AltF7

Search for the usages of the selected item. (The Find Usages dialog will open.)

Find in Files

CtrlShift0F

Perform a text search. (Find in Files dialog will open.)

Replace in Files

CtrlShift0R

Perform text search-and-replace. (Replace in Path dialog will open.)

Rename

ShiftF6

Rename the selected item.

Refactor

Perform one of the refactorings available for the selected item.

Bookmarks

Add the selected item to an existing or new list of bookmarks.

Reformat Code

CtrlAlt0L

Reformat the source code in the selected file or in all files in the current directory.

See also, Reformat and rearrange code.

Delete

Delete

Delete the selected item. Use with care!

Change Dialect (<CurrentDialect>)

For SQL files and database consoles, change the SQL dialect associated with the file or console.

Run '<item_name>'

CtrlShiftF10

For an SQL file or query console: execute all the statements contained in the selected file or console.

Open in Right Split

ShiftEnter

Split the editor into two parts and show the file in the right section. For more information, refer to Split screen.

Open in

Open a file in your system file manager or in Terminal.

Local History

View local history for the selected file or directory, or create a label for the current version of your project.

Synchronize '<item_name>'

Synchronize the view in the tool window with the view saved in the file system.

If you change a file or directory contents externally, GoLand, under certain circumstances, may not be aware of the corresponding changes unless you use this command.

Compare With

Ctrl0D

Compare the selected file or directory with another file or directory. See Compare files, folders, and text sources and Diff Viewer for folders.

Compare File with Editor

Compare the selected file with the file open on an active editor tab. See Compare files, folders, and text sources and Diff Viewer for files.

External Tools

Launch a third-party tool.

Mark Directory As

Make the selected directory a source root or a test source root , to make the directory excluded, and so on.

The necessary category for the directory is selected from the submenu.

Diagrams

CtrlAltShift0U or CtrlAlt0U

Open a diagram (for example, a UML diagram) for the selected item.

File status highlights

If VCS integration is enabled for the current project, GoLand uses colors to denote VCS file status in the Project tool window.

You can configure VCS file status colors on the Version Control | File Status Colors settings page  CtrlAlt0S.

tip

To also highlight folders with modified contents, select Highlight directories that contain modified files in the Project tree on the Version Control | Confirmation settings page  CtrlAlt0S.

The table below lists default file status colors and their meanings in some of the color schemes.

Color

File Status

Description

Color sample: dark green #0A7700

Added

The file in the active changelist is scheduled for addition to the repository.

Color sample: green #0EAA00

Added in not active changelist

The file in an inactive changelist is scheduled for addition to the repository. This file status is available if the Highlight files from non-active changelists option is enabled in Settings | Version Control | Changelists.

Color sample: red #FF0000

Changelist conflict

The file in an inactive changelist has been modified in the active changelist. In this case, a new dialog will open, prompting you to resolve the changelist conflict. This file status is available if all options are enabled in Settings | Version Control | Changelists.

Color sample: dark green #0A7700

Copied

If a file is a copy of another file, its metadata is tracked, and such a file is marked as copied.

Color sample: grey #616161

Deleted

The file is scheduled for deletion from the repository.

Color sample: dull purple #773895

Deleted from file system

The file has been deleted locally but hasn't been scheduled for deletion, and it still exists in the repository.

Color sample: light grayish blue #8AA4C8

Have changed descendants

If a file is modified, the IDE will recursively highlight all directories containing that file. This status is available if the Highlight directories that contain modified files in the Project tree option is enabled in Settings | Version Control | Confirmation.

Color sample: bright blue #3264B4

Have immediate changed children

If a file is modified, the IDE will highlight its parent directory. This status is available if the Highlight directories that contain modified files in the Project tree option is enabled in Settings | Version Control | Confirmation.

Color sample: light brown #B28C00

Hijacked

[Perforce, ClearCase, VSS] The file is modified without checkout.

Color sample: dark olive #727238

Ignored

A file is intentionally untracked by VCS.

Color sample: purple #7503DC

Merged

The file is merged by your VCS as a result of an update.

Color sample: red #FF0000

Merged with conflicts

During the last update, the file has been merged with conflicts.

Color sample: red #FF0000

Merged with property conflicts

During the last update, the IDE has detected differences between the properties of the local file and its server version.

Color sample: red #FF0000

Merged with text and property conflicts

Text and property conflicts happen when two or more developers modify the same lines of a file and the same file properties.

Color sample: bright navy #0032A0

Modified

The file has changed since the last synchronization.

Color sample: blue #0047E4

Modified in not active changelist

The file in an inactive changelist has been modified. This file status is available if the Highlight files from non-active changelists option is enabled in Settings | Version Control | Changelists.

Color sample: Olive #7C7C00

Obsolete

The file should no longer be in your working copy of the repository.

Color sample: teal #007C7C

Renamed

Since the last update, the file has been renamed.

Color sample: dark cyan #08978F

Switched

[SVN] The file is taken from a different branch than the whole project.

Color sample: brown #993300

(Unknown) Unversioned

The file exists locally but is not in the repository and is not scheduled for addition.

Color sample: black None (default color)

Up to date

The file hasn't been changed.

File colors

Files that belong to different scopes (production files or test files, for example) can be highlighted in different colors in the Project tool window , search results, and editor tabs.

To each scope, you can assign its own color. For more information, refer to Associate scopes with colors.

Scope highlighting in the editor tabs and search results