Open, reopen, and close projects

1. Do one of the following:

   • Click the Project widget, and then select Open.

     

   • On the Welcome Screen, select Projects, and then click Open.

2. In the Open File or Project dialog that opens, find the location of the desired project directory. The DataSpell projects are marked with and projects created in other IDEs or in a dedicated editor are marked with .

3. Click Open (on Mac) or OK (on Windows).

1. Do one of the following:

   • On the Welcome Screen, select Projects, and then click Get from Version Control.

   • Click the Project widget, and then select Project from Version Control.

2. Select the version control system where your project is stored. Here it is Git:

   

3. Specify the path to the repository and select the directory to which a project will be cloned. Alternatively, you can select GitHub on the left, login using your credentials, and select any project you want to work with.

4. Click Clone.

1. Do one of the following:

   • Select File | Add Directory or Project from the main menu.

   • Click in the toolbar of the Workspace tool window.

   

2. Find the desired project directory in your file system.

• Open a project, while another one is already opened.

  Then, depending on the option selected in the Project section of the Appearance & Behavior | System Settings page of the Settings dialog (CtrlAlt0S) , DataSpell can ask you for the following alternatives:

  • If the New Window option is selected, the new project silently opens in a new window. The Attach option appears in the File menu.

  • If the This Window option is selected, the new project silently opens in the same window, replacing the currently opened project. The Attach Project command appears in the File menu.

  • If the Attach option is selected, DataSpell attaches the new project to the currently opened project. The project that has already been opened is the primary project.

    

On macOS, you can merge all opened project windows into one, turning them into tabs.

1. Make sure that there are several DataSpell projects opened in separate windows.

2. In the main menu, go to Window | Merge All Project Windows.

   Drag a project's tab to work with the project in a separate window again.

1. In the Workspace tool window, right-click the project to be detached.

2. From the context menu of the selection, choose Detach or press Delete:

• Call File | Recent Projects from the main menu and select the desired project from the list.

  Note that the list also contains the projects that share one window.

  Specify whether you want to open the project in a new window, reuse the current window, or attach it to the currently opened project.

• Click the Project widget and select the project from the list of your recent projects.

• On the Welcome screen, click Projects on the left-hand pane and then select the project of interest in the right-hand pane where the list of your recent projects is shown. Start typing in the Search projects field to filter the list of recent projects.

• Go to File | Close All Projects.

  This action closes all projects that are currently opened in DataSpell.

• Go to File | Close Other Projects.

  This action closes all opened projects except the current one.

• Click Recent Projects on the File menu, then click Manage Projects at the very bottom of the recent project list.

• Click the icon next the project that you want to remove. The selected project will be removed from the list of recent projects in the Recent Projects menu and on the Welcome screen.