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Run tool window

Last modified: 24 March 2025

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The Run tool window displays output generated by your application. The appearance of each tab depends on the type of the application being run and can include additional toolboxes and panes.

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This page describes the Run tool window. For general information on how to run programs, refer to Run applications.

Tool window tabs

Pin tabs

If you are running multiple applications, each one is displayed in a tab named after the run/debug configuration applied. To preserve the output of an application, even if you re-run it, pin the output tab.

  • Right-click the tab and select Pin Tab.

    To pin tabs by default, press CtrlAlt0S to open the IDE settings, select Advanced Settings and enable the Make configurations pinned by default option.

Split tabs

IntelliJ IDEA enables you to split the active Run tool window vertically or horizontally.

  • Right-click the desired tab in the tool window and select one of the split options: Split and Move Right or Split and Move Down.

  • Another way to do this is by dragging and dropping the desired tab. IntelliJ IDEA highlights the available areas in the tool window where you can place the tab.

    Split tabs in the Run tool window

  • To unsplit the tool window, right-click the top pane and select Unsplit from the context menu.

Run toolbar

The main toolbar of the Run tool window lets you rerun, stop, pause, or terminate an application.

Item

Tooltip and shortcut

Description

the Rerun button

Rerun CtrlF5

Click this button to stop the current application and run it again.

Rerun automatically

Use this icon to enable the autotest-like runner: any test in the current run configuration restarts automatically after you change the related source code.

For Maven projects, if you click this icon and change the source code (in your Java or POM files), the goal you are currently running, will rerun automatically after each change.

Resume Build From Specified Module

Click this icon to continue your build after fixing errors. It might be helpful for large multi-module projects.

the Dump Threads button

Dump Threads

Click to open the Dump view where you can view all threads of the current process.

the Exit icon

Exit

Click this button to terminate the current process gracefully using in-process internal mechanisms.

the Stop button

Stop CtrlF2

Click this button to terminate the current process externally by means of the standard shutdown script.

Clicking the button once invokes soft kill allowing the application to catch the SIGINT event and perform graceful termination (on Windows, the Ctrl+C event is emulated). After the button is clicked once, it is replaced with the Kill Process button indicating that subsequent click will lead to force termination of the application, for example on Unix SIGKILL is sent.

the Restore Layout button

Restore Layout

Click this button to have the changes to the current layout abandoned and return to the default state.

Pin Tab

Click this button to pin or unpin the current tab. You may need to pin a tab to prevent it from closing automatically when the maximum number of tabs is reached in this window.

the Close button

Close

CtrlShiftF4

Click this button to close the selected tab of the Run tool window and terminate the current process.

Context menu options

Item

Description

Compare with Clipboard

Opens the Clipboard vs Editor dialog that allows you to view the differences between the selection from the editor and the current clipboard content. This dialog is a regular comparing tool that enables you to copy the line at caret to the clipboard, find text, navigate between differences and manage white spaces.

Fold Lines Like This

Opens the Console dialog that allows you defining the lines to be folded to hide extraneous information.

Copy URL

Choose this command to copy the current URL to the system clipboard. This command only shows on a URL, if it is included in an application's output.

Create Gist

Choose this command to open the Create Gist dialog.

Clear All

Clears the output window.

Console toolbar

Item

Tooltip and shortcut

Description

previous occurrence next occurrence

Up/down the Stack Trace

CtrlAlt0↑     CtrlAlt0↓

Click this button to navigate up or down in the stack trace and have the caret jump to the corresponding location in the source code.

the Soft-Wrap button

Use Soft Wraps

Click this button to toggle the soft wrap mode of the output.

Scroll to the end

Scroll to the end

Click this button to navigate to the bottom of the stack trace and have the caret jump to the corresponding location in the source code.

the Print button

Print

Click this button to send the console text to the default printer.

Clear all

Clear All

Click this button to remove all text from the console. This function is also available from the context menu of the console.

Gradle exec

Toggle tasks executions/text mode

Click this button to view Gradle task execution in a tree mode.

See also

Procedures

Reference

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