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winIDEA Help

Version: 9.21.246

Documents

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Document pinning

Document lists

Pop-up document/window list

Most recently used window panes are listed in the first column on the left of the Pop-up.

Currently selected document / window pane is highlighted.

Full path of the currently selected document / Name of the currently selected window pane is on the bottom of the Pop-up.

 

This topic describes the features of working with documents in document panes.

 

Document pinning

When multiple documents are open and not all tabs are visible, document pinning is a useful way of keeping frequently used / focused documents at hand. A document can be pinned by a pin button winIDEAPinDocumentButton in its tab. Shortcut - CTRL+SHIFT+p.

winIDEADocumentPinning_New

 

All opened documents are located above the Editor or in a drop-down list.

 

winIDEADocumentPinning2_New

 

Pinned document - On the tab of a pinned document, the winIDEADocumentPinned_Symbol symbol is present next to the document name.

Other opened document tabs - Opened documents without the winIDEADocumentPinned_Symbol symbol on their tabs are not pinned.

Focused document - The tab of the focused document is blue colored.

List all open documents button - When many documents are opened and not enough space is available to show all tabs in the tab bar, the pinned (winIDEADocumentPinned_Symbol) and focused (blue colored) document tabs will remain visible.  If multiple rows are required to show all these tabs, they are created. The remaining space is filled with other opened document

 

 

Document lists

A document list shows the currently open documents in the document pane. This is especially useful if not all the currently open documents in the document pane are visible for access.

 

 

Drop-down document list

Click on List all open documents button to open drop-down document list, which displays all currently open documents in the document pane.

 

winIDEADocumentListDropdown

 

 

Currently active document - On the top of the drop-down list of the documents

Last active document -  Highlighted.

Pinned documents - Marked with symbol winIDEADocumentPinned_Symbol .

Documents which can not be seen and are not pinned - Greyed out.

 

 

Pop-up document/window list

Press CTRL+TAB inside the Editor to open the Pop-up document/window list. The list shows currently open documents in all document panes where each document pane gets its column.

Beside the list of currently open documents, the pop-up list also displays the list of all currently open window panes and full path of the currently selected document in the list.

 

winIDEADocumentListPopUp

 

 

Most recently used window panes are listed in the first column on the left of the Pop-up.

Currently selected document / window pane is highlighted.

Full path of the currently selected document / Name of the currently selected window pane is on the bottom of the Pop-up.

 

 

Navigating

Navigation to select a document can also be done with the following keys:

CTRL+TAB - Down.

CTRL+SHIFT+TAB - Up.

Arrow keys.

Page Up/Down, Home/End keys when there are too many documents to be listed at once.

 

 

Selecting

By releasing the TAB button, the list closes and the currently selected document is focused. You can also select a document by clicking on it or hitting ENTER.

 

 

Filtering

While the list is opened, you can enter parts of names and they become highlighted. While navigating through them with keys, only the matching names are selected.

 

 

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