Project tool window

Select Next View or Tab

Select Previous View or Tab

Show List of Views or Tabs

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

If this option is on, IntelliJ IDEA will automatically open the selected item in the editor. Otherwise, you need to double-click items to open them.

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

This option is available only in the Project view.

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

Display visibility modifiers for classes in the project tree:

• Public:

• Protected:

• Default:

• Private:

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.

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.

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.

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.

Select Next View or Tab

Select Previous View or Tab

If the views are currently shown as tabs (the Group Tabs option is off), this button appears to the right of the last visible tab.

Open the list of views, for example, to select a different view.

This icon is not available if the Always Select Opened File option is currently on.

Open the menu for configuring the current view and changing the tool window viewing modes. The available options are a subset of the title bar context menu items.

Hide the tool window Shift+Escape.

To hide all the tool windows, press Ctrl+Shift+F12.

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

• Copy (Ctrl+C ): copies the selected item or items to the clipboard.

• Copy as Plain Text: copies item as plain text.

• Copy Path (Ctrl+Shift+C ): copies the relative path(s) of the selected item or items to the clipboard.

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

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

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

• Path from Content Root: copies the full path of the directory that contains the application content files.

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

Perform one of the refactorings available for the selected item.

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 the source code in the selected file or in all files in the current directory. (The Reformat Code dialog will open.)

See also, Reformat and rearrange code.

Delete the selected item. Use with care!

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.

This menu shows the path from the file system root to the selected element with individual directories as the menu items.

When you select an item in this menu (for example, a directory), a file browser (for example, Windows Explorer or Finder) opens, and the selected item is shown there.

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