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.
If your application is running in the development mode on localhost, you can start debugging it right from the Run tool window. Just hold Ctrl+Shift and click the URL at which the application is running.
Learn more from Debug a Vue.js application, Debug an Angular application, and Debug a React application.
The appearance of each tab depends on the type of the application being run and can include additional toolboxes and panes.
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.
Run Toolbar
| 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 Clicking the button once invokes soft kill allowing the application to catch the |
 | 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. |
indicating that subsequent click will lead to force termination of the application, for example on Unix Context Menu Commands
| 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. |
Console Toolbar
| 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. |
 | 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. |
Karma Server tab
The tab is shown only when you run JavaScript unit tests using the Karma test runner. Use the tab to view and analyze information from the server.
For details, see Karma.