User interface
Various icons that appear in the gutter, for example, 
, help you notice quick-fixes and other actions. Clicking such action indicator or pressing AltEnter opens an action list with all other actions that are available at the current caret position.
The status bar also shows the progress of background tasks. You can click 
to show the Background Tasks manager.
The blinking 
icon in the status bar indicates that an internal IDE error has occurred. Click to view the error descriptions and submit reports.
Widget | Description |
|---|---|
52:11 | Shows the line and column number of the current caret position in the editor. Click the numbers to move the caret to a specific line and column. If you select a code fragment in the editor, GoLand also shows the number of characters and line breaks in the selected fragment. |
LF | Shows the line endings used to break lines in the current file. Click this widget to change the line separators. |
UTF-8 | Shows the encoding used to view the current file. Click the widget to use another encoding. |
Column | Indicates that the column selection mode is enabled for the current editor tab. You can press AltShiftInsert to toggle it. |
| Click to lock the file from editing (set it to read-only) or unlock it if you want to edit the file. |
| If version control integration is enabled, this widget shows the current VCS branch. Click it to manage VCS branches. |
2 spaces | Shows the indent style used in the current file. Click to configure the tab and indent settings for the current file type or disable indent detection in the current project. |
| Shows the amount of memory that GoLand consumes out of the total amount of heap memory. For more information, refer to Increase the memory heap of the IDE. |
main
By default, tool windows are docked to the sides and bottom of the main window. You can arrange them as necessary, undock, resize, hide, and so on. Right-click the title of the tool window or click 
in the title for its arrangement options.
Main menu (Windows and Linux only)
The main menu is now hidden under the
menu icon. To access menu categories, click the icon or press Alt0\. The elements will appear horizontally over other header widgets.You can display the main menu as a separate toolbar: go to and enable the Show main menu in a separate toolbar option. Alternatively, go to and enable Show Main Menu in Separate Toolbar.
Project widget
The widget shows the name of the current project, allows switching between recent projects, creating new projects, and opening existing ones.
VCS widget
The widget shows the current branch, allows switching branches, and provides the most popular VCS actions like update project, commit and push changes.
It has replaced the branch widget previously located in the status bar at the bottom of the main window, and VCS actions icons previously located in the navigation bar in the upper right corner.
Run widget
The widget allows you to start run/debug configurations, select other configurations to run, and change the mode for the current configuration (run or debug). You can edit, pin, or delete configurations using this widget.
When a process is running, you can restart or stop it using the widget.
tip
The toolbar in the window header is customizable. You can add and remove widgets and buttons, change the toolbar color and project icon, or hide the toolbar.