This view shows the output of a process and allows you to provide keyboard input to a process.
The Console shows three different kinds of text:
You can choose the different colors for these kinds of text on the
Run/Debug > Console preference page.
The commands available in the console view are listed below.
Command |
Name |
Description |
Availability |
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Clear Console |
Clears the currently active console, and is available as both a view command and a contextual menu item. |
Context menu and view action |
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Copy | Copies the selected material from the console onto the system clipboard. | Context menu |
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Cut | Copies the selected material to the system clipboard and removes it from the console. | Context menu |
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Display Selected Console | Realizes a listing of current consoles and allows you to select which one you would like to see. | View action |
Find/Replace | Allows you to search for and replace s specified expression. | Context menu | |
Format | Reformats the current stacktrace. This command in only available to stacktrace consoles. | Context menu | |
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Open Console | Opens a new console of the selected type. | View action |
Open Link | Allows you to follow the hyperlink which was right-clicked on in the current stacktrace. | Context menu | |
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Paste | Pastes material saved on the system clipboard into the current console. | Context menu |
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Pin | Pins the current console to remain on top of all other consoles. | View action |
Preferences... | Realizes the console preferences page, allowing you to customize you consoles. | Context menu | |
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Remove All Terminated Launches | Removes all of the terminated launches from the current console. | Context menu and view action |
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Remove Launch | Removes the current launch from the console. | View action |
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Scroll Lock | Changes if scroll lock should be enabled or not in the current console. | Context menu and view action |
Select All | Selects all of the contents of the current console. | Context menu | |
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Terminate | Terminates the running launch in the current console. | View action |
Changing the appearance of the console view
Stepping through the execution of a program
Run menu actions
Breakpoints view
Views and editors