# Debugger console

During a debug session, you can access the GDB/LLDB console directly from CLion.

> **Note:**
> Debugger console is only available when the program is suspended.

Procedure:

1. In Debug tool window, open the tab marked as LLDB or GDB:

![Debugger console tab](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/cl_debuggerconsole_tab.png)

2. This tab shows the debugger's output/error stream and lets you run GDB/LLDB [commands](https://lldb.llvm.org/use/map.html).

| `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (Windows), `⌘ ⇧ F10` (macOS), `⌘ ⇧ F10` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ ⇧ F10` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (XWin), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (KDE), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (Sublime Text), `⌘ ⇧ F10` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ ⇧ F10` (Xcode), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (Visual Studio), `⌘ ⇧ F10` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (ReSharper), `⌘ ⇧ F10` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (QtCreator), `⌘ ⇧ F10` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Shift+F10` (Eclipse), `⌘ ⇧ F10` (Eclipse (macOS)) | Quick switch to the debugger console (only available during a debug session).     In case the Debug tool window is hidden, this action opens it and focuses on the debugger console tab.   |
| `Ctrl+Space` (Windows), `⌃ Space` (macOS), `⌃ Space` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌃ Space` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Space` (XWin), `Ctrl+Space` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Space` (KDE), `Alt+/` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Space` (Sublime Text), `⌃ Space` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌃ Space` (Xcode), `Ctrl+Space` (Visual Studio), `⌃ Space` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Space` (ReSharper), `⌃ Space` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+Space` (QtCreator), `⌃ Space` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+Space` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Space` (Eclipse), `⌃ Space` (Eclipse (macOS)) or `Tab` (Windows), `Tab` (macOS), `Tab` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `Tab` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Tab` (XWin), `Tab` (GNOME), `Tab` (KDE), `Tab` (Emacs), `Tab` (Sublime Text), `Tab` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Tab` (Xcode), `Tab` (Visual Studio), `Tab` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Tab` (ReSharper), `Tab` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Tab` (QtCreator), `Tab` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Tab` (NetBeans), `Tab` (Eclipse), `Tab` (Eclipse (macOS)) | Invokes command completion provided by GDB or LLDB, respectfully.     ![Completion in debugger console](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/cl_gdb_consolecompletion.png)  |

## See also

### Reference

[Debug Tool Window](debug-tool-window.html)