New Changelist dialog

Name

Type the name of the new changelist.

Comment

Type optional comment. When the new changelist will be submitted to the repository, this comment will appear in the Comment text area of the Commit Changes dialog.

Set active

Select this checkbox to have IntelliJ IDEA automatically give the active status to the new changelist immediately after the changes are restored in it.

When this checkbox is cleared, the current active changelist remains active.

Track context

Select this checkbox to have IntelliJ IDEA preserve the context of the task associated with the new changelist on its deactivation and restore the context when the changelist becomes active.

For more information, refer to Manage tasks and contexts.