Run tool window

The Run tool window displays output generated by your application. If you are running multiple applications, each one is displayed in a tab named after the run/debug configuration applied.

If you re-run an application, the new output overwrites the contents of the tab. To preserve the output of an application, even if you re-run it, pin the output tab.

The appearance of each tab depends on the type of the application being run and can include additional toolboxes and panes.

PhpStorm enables you to split the active Run tool window by invoking specific actions from the context menu. You can right-click the desired tab 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. PhpStorm highlights the available areas in the tool window where you can place the tab. To unsplit the tool window, right-click the top pane and select Unsplit from the context menu.

The main toolbar of the Run tool window lets you rerun, stop, pause, or terminate an application. The following table contains descriptions of the buttons that are common for most applications.

Item	Tooltip and shortcut	Description
	Rerun `Ctrl+F5`	Click this button to stop the current application and run it again. When an application is stopped , this button toggles to .
	Rerun `Ctrl+F5`	Click this button to rerun the current application. This button appears, when an application is stopped . When an application is running, this button toggles to .
	Stop `Ctrl+F2`	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 indicating that subsequent click will lead to force termination of the application, for example on Unix `SIGKILL` is sent.
	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.
	Close `Ctrl+Shift+F4`	Click this button to close the selected tab of the Run tool window and terminate the current process.

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.
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.

Item	Tooltip and shortcut	Description
	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.
	Print	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.
	Use Console Input	When this toggle-button is pressed, you can evaluate and alter variables, call PHP functions, and define additional functions on the fly in the Console pane. When the toggle-button is released, any input in the Console pane will be treated like `STDIN`.