WebStorm 6.0 Web Help

WebStorm status bar indicates the current IDE state and lets you carry out certain environment maintenance tasks.

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IconDescription
show_hide_tool_window_bars Click to toggle showing or hiding tool window bars. Also double press and hold AltCommand to show hidden tool window bars. Refer to the procedure description.
php_web_storm_StatusMenu.png Shows description of a command, currently selected on the main menu, context menu, or a toolbar.
Icon Click this icon to invoke the Background Tasks manager.
Icon Displays the current editor caret position
uiStatusLock.png uiStatusUnlock Lock icon indicates the read-only or writable attribute of the current file in the editor. Click the icon to toggle file attribute.

Tip

Use also File | Make File Writable/Read-only command on the main menu.

Icon
uiStatusOverwrite.png
Indicates whether the new characters in the editor overwrite the existing ones. In the Overwrite mode, the form of the cursor changes to a rectangle. Press the InsertInsert key to toggle the Insert and Overwrite modes.
uiStatusEncoding.png View and change encoding of the current file in the editor.
hector.gif The Hector icon provides the following functions:
  • Inspections. Hovering your mouse pointer over the icon shows the current code inspection profile at the tooltip.
    Click the icon to change highlighting level for the current file using the slider, or configure inspection profile. Depending on the highlighting level selected by the slider, Hector keeps an eye on the code hector.gif (Inspection level), turns half face hector half face (Syntax), or averts his face from the code hector back (None).
  • Power Save Mode. Select this check box to minimize power consumption of your computer on account of eliminating the background operations. When Power Save Mode is on, no inspections are performed.
    Hector fades hectorOff.
php_web_storm_notification_icon.png Indicates that there are unattended notifications. Click this icon to see the notifications in the Event Log tool window.
uiStatusError Indicates that an internal IDE error occurred. Click this icon to submit an error report.
uiStatusChanges Click this icon to navigate to the pending source control changelists in the Incoming tab of the Changes tool window.
Icon Shows the current heap level and memory usage.

Note

More icons appear in the Status bar as you download and install plugins.

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