Learn about differences in user interfaces
When transitioning from Visual Studio Code to GoLand, you will notice significant differences in their user interfaces.
No workspace
The first thing you will notice when launching GoLand is that it has no workspace concept. This means that you can work with only one project at a time. While in Visual Studio Code you normally have a set of projects that may depend on each other, in GoLand you have a single project that consists of a set of modules.
If you have several unrelated projects, you can open them in separate windows.
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Tool windows
Just like in Visual Studio Code, in GoLand you also have tool windows. You can find a full list of all available tool windows at . Selecting a tool window will open it. Tool windows are also accessible from the tool window buttons on the tool window bars.
If you do not want to use the mouse, you can always switch to any toolbar by pressing the shortcut assigned to it. The most important shortcuts to remember are:
Project: Alt+1
Commit: Alt+0
Terminal: Alt+F12
Another thing about tool windows is that you can drag, pin, unpin, attach and detach them:
For more information, refer to Arrange tool windows and Tool window view modes.
To help store/restore the tool windows layout, there are several useful commands:
: save the arrangement as a new layout.
: reset changes in your current layout. (also available via Shift+F12)
For more information, refer to Layouts.
Multiple windows
Windows management in GoLand is slightly different from Visual Studio Code. You cannot open several windows with one project, but you can detach any number of editor tabs into separate windows. To move the tab to a separate window, right-click the tab and select Move Tab to New Window (or press Shift+F4).
Always select opened files
By default, GoLand does not navigate to the file in Project tool window when you switch between editor tabs. However, you can enable it in the Project tool window settings:
