# Run tool window

> **TL;DR**
> Show/hide: `View | Tool Windows | Run` or `Alt+4` (Windows), `⌘ 4` (macOS), `⌘ 4` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ 4` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+4` (XWin), `Alt+4` (GNOME), `Alt+4` (KDE), `Alt+4` (Emacs), `Alt+4` (Sublime Text), `⌘ 4` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ 6` (Xcode), `Alt+4` (Visual Studio), `⌘ 4` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Alt+4` (ReSharper), `⌘ 4` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Alt+3` (QtCreator), `⌘ 3` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Alt+4` (NetBeans), `Alt+4` (Eclipse), `⌘ 4` (Eclipse (macOS))

Run tool window opens automatically when you [run](running-applications.html) your application  and displays the generated output.

![Run tool window](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/cl_run_tabs.png)

The actual appearance of this tool window depends on the application type and can include additional tabs, toolboxes, and panes.

## Tool window tabs

Procedure: Pin tabs

If you are running multiple applications, each one is displayed in a tab named after the [run/debug configuration](run-debug-configuration.html) applied. To preserve the output of an application, even if you re-run it, pin the output tab.

* Right-click the tab and select Pin Tab.

To pin tabs by default, press `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (Xcode), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (ReSharper), `⌘ Comma` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (QtCreator), `⌘ Comma` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS)) to open the IDE settings, select Advanced Settings and enable the Make configurations pinned by default option.

Procedure: Split tabs

CLion enables you to split the active  Run  tool window vertically or horizontally.

* Right-click the desired tab in the tool window and select one of the split options: Split and Move Right or Split and Move Down.

* Another way to do this is by dragging and dropping the desired tab. CLion highlights the available areas in the tool window where you can place the tab.

* To unsplit the tool window, right-click the top pane and select Unsplit from the context menu.

## Run toolbar

The main toolbar of the Run tool window lets you [rerun](running-applications.html#rerun),  [stop](running-applications.html#stop),  [pause](running-applications.html#suspend), or terminate an application.

| Item | Tooltip and shortcut | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  ![the Rerun button](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.run.rerun.svg)  | Rerun `Ctrl+F5` (Windows), `⌘ R` (macOS), `⌃ F5` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ R` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+F5` (XWin), `Ctrl+F5` (GNOME), `Ctrl+5` (KDE), `Ctrl+F5` (Emacs), `Ctrl+F5` (Sublime Text), `⌘ R` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ ⌃ ⌥ G` (Xcode), `Ctrl+Shift+F5` (Visual Studio), `⌥ ⇧ F5` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Shift+F5` (ReSharper), `⌥ ⇧ F5` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+F5` (QtCreator), `Ctrl+F5` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+F5` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+F11` (Eclipse), `Ctrl+F5` (Eclipse (macOS))  | Click this button to stop the current application and run it again.    |
| ![](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.actions.rerunAutomatically.svg) | Rerun automatically | Use this icon to enable the autotest-like runner: any test in the current run configuration restarts automatically after you change the related source code.      For Maven projects, if you click this icon and change the source code (in your Java or POM files), the goal you are currently running, will rerun automatically after each change.   |
| ![](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.run.restartFailedTests.svg) | Resume Build From Specified Module | Click this icon to continue your build after fixing errors. It might be helpful for large multi-module projects. |
|  ![the Stop button](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.run.stop.svg)  | Stop `Ctrl+F2` (Windows), `⌘ F2` (macOS), `⌘ F2` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌃ ⇧ .` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+F2` (XWin), `Ctrl+F2` (GNOME), `Ctrl+2` (KDE), `Ctrl+F2` (Emacs), `Ctrl+F2` (Sublime Text), `Ctrl+F2` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ .` (Xcode), `Shift+F5` (Visual Studio), `⇧ F5` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Shift+F5` (ReSharper), `⇧ F5` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Shift+F5` (QtCreator), `⌘ ⇧ Y` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Shift+F5` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+F2` (Eclipse), `⌘ F2` (Eclipse (macOS))  | Click this button to terminate the current process externally by means of the standard `shutdown` script.       Clicking the button once invokes soft kill allowing the application to catch the `SIGTERM` event and perform graceful termination (on Windows, the `Ctrl+C` event is emulated). After the button is clicked once, it is replaced with ![the Kill Process button](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.debugger.killProcess.svg) indicating that subsequent click will lead to force termination of the application (on Unix, `SIGKILL` is sent).     |

## Console toolbar

| Item | Tooltip and shortcut | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  ![previous occurrence](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.up.svg) ![next occurrence](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.down.svg)  |    Up/down the Stack Trace       `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (Windows), `⌘ ⌥ ↑` (macOS), `⌘ ⌥ ↑` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ ⌥ ↑` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (XWin), `Alt+Shift+Up` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (Sublime Text), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌃ ↑` (Xcode), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (Visual Studio), `⌘ ⌥ ↑` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (ReSharper), `⌘ ⌥ ↑` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (QtCreator), `⌘ ⌥ ↑` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (Eclipse), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (Eclipse (macOS))   `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (Windows), `⌘ ⌥ ↓` (macOS), `⌘ ⌥ ↓` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ ⌥ ↓` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (XWin), `Alt+Shift+Down` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (Sublime Text), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌃ ↓` (Xcode), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (Visual Studio), `⌘ ⌥ ↓` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (ReSharper), `⌘ ⌥ ↓` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (QtCreator), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (Eclipse), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (Eclipse (macOS))  | Click this button to navigate up or down in the stack trace and have the caret jump to the corresponding location in the source code.  |
|  ![the Soft-Wrap button](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.softWrap.svg)  | Use Soft Wraps | Click this button to toggle the soft wrap mode of the output. |
|  ![Scroll to the end](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.scrollDown.svg)  | Scroll to the end | Click this button to navigate to the bottom of the stack trace and have the caret jump to the corresponding location in the source code.  |
|  ![the Print button](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.print.svg)  | Print | Click this button to send the console text to the default printer. |
|  ![Clear all](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.delete.svg)  | Clear All | Click this button to remove all text from the console. This function is also available from the context menu of the console.  |

## See also

### Getting Started

[Tool windows](tool-windows.html) [Viewing modes](viewing-modes.html)

### Procedures

[Run applications](running-applications.html)

### Reference

[Arrange tool windows](manipulating-the-tool-windows.html)