WebStorm 2024.3 Help

Menus and Toolbars

Use this page to configure the WebStorm menus and toolbars.

The Menus and Toolbars settings page

The list shows items in various menus and toolbars, grouped according to the areas of their use.

To configure an item, expand the corresponding node and select the desired item. Use the buttons on the toolbar to edit or remove the selected item, or add a new item under the selected node.

Button

Description

Add

Open the Add Action dialog where you can select an action and assign an icon to it if necessary.

the Remove button Remove

Delete the selected item from the list.

the Edit Icon button Edit Icon

Associate an icon with the selected menu item. In the Choose Action Icon dialog, specify the path to the desired image.

the Move up button Move Up

Move the selected item up.

the Move down button Move Down

Move the selected item one position down.

the Restore icon Restore Actions

Discard changes and restore default settings, either for the selected item or for all items.

Example: run a third-party tool from the main menu or from the main toolbar

Suppose you want to use a third-party tool from WebStorm. First, you need to configure it as described in External tools, after that the tool becomes available from Tools | External Tools | <your_tool>.

External tool added to the main menu under Tools | External Tools

You can also add a toolbar icon to run the newly configured external tool.

Add toolbar icons to run external tools

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and then select Appearance & Behavior | Menus and Toolbars.

  2. In the list of available menus and toolbars, expand the Main Toolbar node, select the item after which you want to add the tool icon, and click Add.

  3. In the dialog that opens, select External Tools | <tool name>, specify the icon to indicate it in the Icon field, and click Set icon, when ready.

    Create external tool: add an icon to the toolbar

    The icon appears on the toolbar.

    Create external tool: the toll's icons added to the toolbar

Learn more from Customizing menus and toolbars.

Last modified: 05 September 2024