Interactive Groovy console
Interactive Groovy console can be launched in any project.
Note that if dependencies in your project contain a Groovy library then the specified Groovy library will be used to launch the Groovy console. If the dependencies do not contain a Groovy library then the bundled Groovy library of the Groovy version 2.3.9 will be used.
Editor for Groovy Console
Use the editor for the interactive Groovy console to write and evaluate your code.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
 | Click this icon to run the code entered in the editor in the Groovy console. You can view the results in the run tool window for Groovy console. |
 | Click this icon to see the module in which the Groovy console was launched. It might be helpful for multi-module projects. |
Run Tool Window for Groovy Console
Use this tool window to view the results of the Groovy console execution.
| Item | Tooltip and Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Stop Ctrl+F2 | Click this button to stop the current process. Clicking the button once invokes soft kill allowing the application to catch the |
 | Close Ctrl+Shift+F4 | Click this button to close the selected tab of the Run tool window and terminate the current process. |
  | Up/down the Stack Trace Ctrl+Alt+Up Ctrl+Alt+Down) | Click this button to navigate up or down in the stack trace and have the cursor jump to the corresponding location in the source code. |
 | Use Soft Wraps | Click this button to toggle the soft wrap mode of the output. |
 | Scroll to the end | Click this button to navigate to the bottom of the stack trace and have the cursor jump to the corresponding location in the source code. |
 | Click this button to send the console text to the default printer. | |
 | Clear All | Click this button to remove all text from the console. This function is also available from the context menu of the console. |
| Execute Groovy Code | Run code, entered in the console. |
indicating that subsequent click will lead to force termination of the application, for example on Unix