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Create folders to group run/debug configurations

When there are too many run/debug configurations of the same type, you can group them in folders so they become easier to distinguish visually.

When a folder is no longer needed, you can delete it. The run/debug configurations grouped under this folder will be moved under the root of the corresponding run/debug configuration type.

Once grouped, the run/debug configurations appear in the list under the corresponding folders.

Grouped run configurations

Create a folder for run/debug configurations

  1. Open the Run/Debug Configuration dialog in one of the following ways:

    • Select Run | Edit Configurations from the main menu.

    • With the Navigation bar visible (View | Appearance | Navigation Bar ), choose Edit Configurations from the run/debug configuration selector.

    • Press Alt+Shift+F10, then press 0 or select the configuration from the popup and press F4.

  2. In the Run/Debug Configuration dialog, click the New Folder icon on the toolbar. A new empty folder is created.

  3. Specify the folder name in the text field to the right, or accept the default name.

  4. Select the desired run/debug configuration of a certain type, and move under the target folder. This can be done in one of the following ways:

    • Drag the selected configuration.

    • Use the Move up button and Move down button toolbar buttons.

    • Press Alt+Up or Alt+Down.

  5. Apply changes. Note that if a folder is empty, it will not be saved.

Delete a run/debug configuration folder

  1. In the Run/debug configurations dialog, select a folder to be deleted.

  2. On the toolbar, click Remove button. The selected folder is deleted silently. Any run/debug configurations grouped under this folder, are moved under the root of the corresponding type.

  3. Apply changes.

Change the order of folders

  1. In the Run/debug configurations dialog, select one of the folders within a certain run/debug configuration type.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • On the toolbar, click Move up button and Move down button

    • Press Alt+Up or Alt+Down.

    The selected folder moves one position up or down.

  3. Apply changes.

  4. After the dialog is closed, groups of run/debug configurations in the run/debug configurations selector on the main toolbar appear in the order achieved by moving folders up or down within the type.

Last modified: 14 April 2021