Interactive Groovy console
Interactive Groovy console can be launched in any project.
Note that if dependencies in your project contain a Groovy library then the specified Groovy library will be used to launch the Groovy console. If the dependencies do not contain a Groovy library then the bundled Groovy library of the Groovy version 2.3.9 will be used.
Use the editor for the interactive Groovy console to write and evaluate your code.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
 | Click this icon to run the code entered in the editor in the Groovy console. You can view the results in the run tool window for Groovy console. |
 | Click this icon to see the module in which the Groovy console was launched. It might be helpful for multi-module projects. |
Use this tool window to view the results of the Groovy console execution.
| Item | Tooltip and Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Stop Ctrl+F2 | Click this button to stop the current process. Clicking the button once invokes soft kill allowing the application to catch the |
 | Close Ctrl+Shift+F4 | Click this button to close the selected tab of the Run tool window and terminate the current process. |
  | Up/down the Stack Trace Ctrl+Alt+Up Ctrl+Alt+Down) | Click this button to navigate up or down in the stack trace and have the cursor jump to the corresponding location in the source code. |
 | Use Soft Wraps | Click this button to toggle the soft wrap mode of the output. |
 | Scroll to the end | Click this button to navigate to the bottom of the stack trace and have the cursor jump to the corresponding location in the source code. |
 | Click this button to send the console text to the default printer. | |
 | Clear All | Click this button to remove all text from the console. This function is also available from the context menu of the console. |
| Execute Groovy Code | Run code, entered in the console. |
indicating that subsequent click will lead to force termination of the application, for example on Unix