Project tool window

Select Next View or Tab

Alt+Right

Use this option to switch between different views.

Select Previous View or Tab

Alt+Left

Use this option to switch between different views.

Show List of Views or Tabs

Alt+Down

Use this option to switch between different views.

Behavior

Enable Preview Tab

Enable the preview tab that allows you to view files in a single tab one by one without opening each file in a new tab.

Open Files with Single Click

Open an item in the editor by clicking it in the Project tool window once. Otherwise, you need to double-click items to open them.

Note that you cannot disable this option if you enable the preview tab.

Open Directories with Single Click

Expand and collapse directories in the Project tool window by clicking them once. Otherwise, you need to double-click a directory to open it or use the icon next to the directory's name.

Always Select Opened File

If this option is on, IntelliJ IDEA automatically locates documents that you open in the editor in the current view of this window.

Appearance

Modules

This option is available only in the Packages and scope views. (In the Project view, modules are always shown.)

Turn this option on or off to show or hide modules.

Members

If this option is on, the files in the tree that contain classes turn into nodes. When such a node is unfolded, the contained classes with their fields, methods, and other members of the selected item are shown.

Excluded Files

This option is available only in the Project view.

Turn this option on or off to show or hide excluded folders and files.

Visibility Icons

Display visibility modifiers for classes in the project tree:

• Public:

• Protected:

• Default:

• Private:

Scratches and Consoles

Hide or display the Scratches and Consoles node.

This node contains your scratch files and query consoles.

Library Contents

This option is available only in the Packages view. (In the Project view, libraries are always shown; in the scope views, libraries are never shown.)

Turn this option on or off to show or hide libraries and their contents.

Note that within the Libraries category are the libraries included in module dependencies and also the SDKs associated with your modules.

Flatten Modules

If this option is off, modules are shown as a hierarchy or in groups. If this option is on, all modules appear at the same level.

Flatten Packages

If this option is off, packages are shown as a hierarchy. If this option is on, all packages appear at the same level and are identified by their qualified names.

Abbreviate Qualified Package Names

This option is available only if the Flatten Packages option is on.

If the option is on, most of the initial <name>. fragments in qualified package names are abbreviated.

Compact Middle Packages/Hide Empty Middle Packages

This option lets you specify how or whether empty packages are to be shown. (Empty packages are ones that contain nothing but other packages.)

If the option is on, empty packages are shown compacted.

File Nesting

Opens the File nesting dialog where you can configure presentation of files that have same names but different extensions.

Customize Tree Views

Navigate to Settings | Appearance & Behavour | Appearance | Tree Views to configure options for tree views.

Sort By

Name

Sort files alphabetically by their names.

The option does not affect the order of folders, they are always sorted alphabetically.

Type

Sort files by their extensions. java files appear in the following order: interfaces, classes, enumerations, and so on.

The option does not affect the order of folders, they are always sorted alphabetically.

Modification Time (Newest First/Oldest First)

Sort files by the time they were modified. To display this information, select View | Appearance | Details in Tree View from the main menu.

The option does not affect the order of folders, they are always sorted alphabetically.

Folders Always on Top

If the option is on, folders are shown above the files. Otherwise, all items are sorted alphabetically, and files and folders appear intermixed.

Edit Scopes

Open the Scopes dialog in which you can create and edit used-defined scopes.

Note that this command is available only if the current view is a scope view.

Speed Search

Ctrl+F

Search for an item. Learn more from Speed Search in tool windows

Group Tabs

If this option is on, there is a list in the left-hand part of the header from which you can select the necessary view.

If this option is off, the views are represented by tabs which appear in the left-hand part of the header.

View Mode

This option lets you control general appearance and behavior of the tool window. For full information, refer to Tool window view modes.

Move to

To associate the tool window with a different tool window bar, select this command, and then select the destination tool window bar (Top, Left, Bottom or Right). For full information, refer to the Move tool windows chapter.

Resize

To resize the tool window by moving one of its borders, select this command, and then select the necessary Stretch to option.

Note that this command is not available for the floating mode.

Remove from Sidebar

This command hides the tool window, removes the associated tool window button from the tool window bar, and removes the tool window from the quick access menu ( or ).

To open the tool window again (and restore the associated features), use the main menu: View | Tool Windows | <Window Name> or press Alt+1.

Hide

Shift+Escape

Hide the tool window.

Help

This command opens the description of the Project tool window in the IntelliJ IDEA online help.

New

Alt+Insert

Create a new item (module, package, directory, file, class, and so on.) within the selected one. (project, module, directory or package) In the Scratches view, this command also lets you create a query console.

Cut

Ctrl+X

Move the selected item or items from the current location to the clipboard.

Copy

Ctrl+C

Copy the selected item or items to the clipboard.

Copy Path/Reference

Use this command and one of the following options to copy the selected item(s) to the clipboard:

• Absolute Path: copies the full path(s) of the selected item or items.

• File Name: copies only the filename to the clipboard.

• Path From Content Root: copies the path relative to the directory that contains the application content files.

• Path From Source Root: copies the path relative to the Sources Root.

• Path From Repository Root: copies the path relative to the project repository.

• GitHub Repository URL: copies the path relative to the project repository on GitHub.

• Toolbox URL: if you have IntelliJ IDEA Toolbox installed, you can insert the copied path in the browser to open the Toolbox application with the selected project.

• Copy Reference (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C): copies the reference of the selected item including the line number.

Paste

Ctrl+V

Insert the contents of the clipboard into the selected location.

Open Module Settings

F4

Open the settings for the selected module. These will be shown on the Modules page in the Project Structure dialog.

Find Usages

Alt+F7

Search for the usages of the selected item. (The Find Usages dialog will open.)

Find in Files

Ctrl+Shift+F

Perform a text search. (Find in Files dialog will open.)

Replace in Files

Ctrl+Shift+R

Perform text search-and-replace. (Replace in Path dialog will open.)

Analyze

Access the functions related to code inspections and analysis.

Refactor

Perform one of the refactorings available for the selected item.

Bookmarks

Add the selected item to an existing or new list of bookmarks.

Browse Type Hierarchy

Ctrl+H

For a file (normally, a class): open the class hierarchy for the selected file (class). The Hierarchy tool window will open.

For more information, refer to Source code hierarchy.

Reformat Code

Ctrl+Alt+L

Reformat the source code in the selected file or in all files in the current directory.

See also, Reformat code.

Optimize Imports

Ctrl+Alt+O

Optimize imports in the selected file or in all files in the current directory. This feature removes unused imports and rearranges import statements.

Delete

Delete

Delete the selected item. Use with care!

Change Dialect (<CurrentDialect>)

For SQL files and database consoles, change the SQL dialect associated with the file or console.

Remove Module

Delete

Remove a module from your project. Note that the files that make up the module are not physically removed from the disk.

Build Module '<name>'

Build the current module.

Rebuild '<name>'

Ctrl+Shift+F9

Compile the selected source file or all the source files in the selected directory.

Override File Type

Change the type of the selected file, for example, to Plain Text to exclude it from project, so it is ignored by inspections, code completion, navigation, and so on. The file will be indicated with a special icon and shown as plain text in the editor. For more information, refer to Exclude files.

Run '<item_name>'

Ctrl+Shift+F10

For an SQL file or query console: execute all the statements contained in the selected file or console.

Open in Right Split

Shift+Enter

Split the editor into two parts and show the file in the right section. For more information, refer to Split screen.

Open in

Open a file in your system file manager or in Terminal.

Local History

View local history for the selected file or directory, or create a label for the current version of your project.

Synchronize '<item_name>'

Synchronize the view in the tool window with the view saved in the file system.

If you change a file or directory contents externally, IntelliJ IDEA, under certain circumstances, may not be aware of the corresponding changes unless you use this command.

Compare With

Ctrl+D

Compare the selected file or directory with another file or directory. See Compare files, folders, and text sources and Diff Viewer for folders.

Compare File with Editor

Compare the selected file with the file open on an active editor tab. See Compare files, folders, and text sources and Diff Viewer for files.

Load/Unload Modules

Temporarily ignore unused modules

External Tools

Launch a third-party tool.

Mark Directory As

Make the selected directory a source root or a test source root , to make the directory excluded, and so on.

The necessary category for the directory is selected from the submenu.

Diagrams

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U or Ctrl+Alt+U

Open a diagram (for example, a UML diagram) for the selected item.

Update Copyright

Update the copyright notice for the selected files and folders. See Copyright.

WebServices

Access the functions related to developing Web services. See Web services and Web service clients.