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Introduction

Navigation Bar is a quick alternative to the Project view. Use this tool to navigate through the project and open files for editing.

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Toggling the Navigation Bar

To show the Navigation Bar, do one of the following
  • On the View menu, select the check command Navigation Bar.
  • Press ⌘↑, ⌥↖, ⌘↑ or ⌥↖⌥↖ or ⌥↖⌥⌘B or ⌥⌘B⌥ Home, ⌥↖ or ⌥↖⌥ Home, ⌥↖ or ⌥↖.
To hide the Navigation Bar
  • On the View menu, clear the check command Navigation Bar.

Tips and tricks

Please note the following:

  • When the main toolbar is hidden, the Navigation Bar shows the run/debug configuration selector, run runBuild and debug debug, project structure projectStructure, version control buttons (if version control integration is enabled) and search everywhere magnifying glass search_everywhere.
  • When the Navigation bar is hidden, press ⌘↑, ⌥↖, ⌘↑ or ⌥↖⌥↖ or ⌥↖⌥⌘B or ⌥⌘B⌥ Home, ⌥↖ or ⌥↖⌥ Home, ⌥↖ or ⌥↖ to open it floating.
  • Pressing ⎋ or ⎋⎋ or ⎋⎋ or ⎋Escape, ⎋ or ⎋Escape, Escape, ^ G, ⎋, ⎋, ⌃G, ⎋, ⎋ or ⌃G returns focus to the editor.