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Run tool window

Last modified: 09 September 2023

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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.

If your application is running in the development mode on localhost, you can start debugging it right from the Run tool window. Just hold CtrlShift and click the URL at which the application is running.

starting a debugging session from the Run tool window

Learn more from Debug a Vue.js application, Debug an Angular application, and Debug a React application.

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 a application, even if you re-run it, pin the output tab.

  • Right-click the tab and select Pin Tab.

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    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

WebStorm 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. WebStorm 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.

Run toolbar

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

Item

Tooltip and shortcut

Description

the Rerun button

Rerun CtrlF5

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

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.

App general pin tab

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.

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.

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 more information, refer to Karma.

See also

Procedures

Reference

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