This will probably sound like a minor issue, but it's completely messing up my workflow:
I have a microservice that I restart frequently to refresh changes. I start in Debug mode, and use the curvy arrow in the upper left of the Debug tool window to stop/start the process.
In the Debug window, there are 2 tabs, Debugger and Console. For weeks, I've kept this on Console, and I can see the service run through startup, and I know when to start hitting endpoints. All of a sudden, whenever I start up, it switches to the Debugger tab, which means I have to manually switch back.
No documentation on this, and didn't find anything with a Google search. Does anyone have something to try?
Thank you
Update:
I start with the focus on Console (the right tab) and it switches to Debugger (the left tab). There is a "Focus on startup" in the context menu for Console, but it has no effect.
I'm not sure this is exactly what you're looking for. If it's not, could you please add some screenshots to the question which might better illustrate the problem? But if it is, here is what I found:
In the Debug tool window you have tabs like Output and Variables, which are probably the tabs you are talking about. You can right click any of these tabs and select Focus On Startup. You probably have this option selected for the wrong tab. So try selecting it for the Output tab.
You can toggle the Focus On Startup behavior for other tabs in the Debug tool window too.
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I have a bug which is completely over the planet. IntellIJ doesn't display. It's on, yet doesn't display.
It worked well before, last thing I did was re-setting up new dependencies on my code and (nothing to do with that) re-setting SDK for other reasons, both of which shouldn't be linked to display properties.
As you can see it's working, I see the pop up windows:
But doesn't display:
Yet I can see IntelliJ windows with Shift + Tab:
and yes, my screen doesn't duplicate, so it's not hidden in another dimension or something
I tried:
restart computer
uninstall install IntelliJ
uninstall install IntelliJ without previous parameters
try other JetBrains software, like DataGrip, it works and displays well
call a homeopathic doctor
Unsuccessfully. So I knee and await before your judgement of this critical situation.
I have this exact same behavior happen to me when I use IntelliJ at work and then go home and try to use it via Remote Desktop. Its very strange (regardless of which monitor I leave it on at work when I leave).
If I hover over it in the task bar and then hover over the thumbnail for the running app, I can right click and tell it to maximize and it magically comes back into focus. Sometimes I have to tell it to restore and then to maximize before this works.
Occasionally even this doesn't work and I have to close it, re-open, and do the same. It makes no sense, so I understand your frustration.
It works
As John Humphreys - w00te mentionned, click right over the thumbnail (I insist: the thumbnail ! Not the taskbar icon) and then select maximize and voilà.
Bon appétit.
Thanks for your contribution and I hope it will help some people in need here.
I have had this issue when I have moved from a dual monitor setup to a single monitor setup or a different dual monitor set up. The issue here that intellij window seems to save and use the coordinates of the last dual window setup to render the window. It doesn't matter you restart your computer, it will always try and render to that position, even if that position is not visible on the new monitor set up. On windows there is an easy way to fix this issue. Go to your display setting and flip the order of the windows. The intellij window should now be visible. you can drag the window to the your other monitor and re-arrange the windows back to the order you had previously. After that, you can place the intellij window wherever you want.
In my case I noticed there is a 1 pixel thick gray line on my screen, turns out that was the IDEA window and I could resize upon hovering that line. Needless to say it wasn't me shrinking it.
I have this same behavior, It happens to me when I connect a monitor in extended mode and move the intellij window to the monitor, then disconnect without moving it back. No other solution other than to connect to monitor again and bring it back to the original window for me works.
On mac, select the app from the app tray so that the menu for it appears up top. Then on the menu up top, go to Windows->Zoom and it should expand to fill the viewport.
From there you can drag it down to size and reposition.
Am new to IntelliJ IDEA (am using 2017.1.3)...
Accidentally, made my Console tab window float and can't seem to reattach it to IntelliJ IDEA. When I run the Debugger, it launches as a separate window (which is very annoying).
Is there a way to reattach it back to the main window but on right of the Projects view and right underneath the Source Editor view?
Attached is a screenshot of the issue, at hand (which one can click on to see it in high res):
Update
Okay, somehow (by doing a lot of clicking and dragging), this is the closest that I've come to what I've want. The thing that's bothersome is that I can only see the Console (stdout) updated when the debugging session is over (not in real-time, as I've would been able to do in Eclipse). :(
Update the console in realtime:
If you want all the JUnit test output to the console in real-time, just do as follows:
choose the configure
do configure for JUnit
floating separate tab of windows need restore on the tab.
You have two methods to restore floating windows:
uncheck the floating mode in the terminal windows
uncheck the floating mode in the Windows/Active Tool Windows
Let me show the 4 location of Console in the Debug view, I think there should be one which is what you want:
first
second
third
last
I use TDD quite a lot, and I was wondering if there is a way to show the Run Tool window only when there are failed tests?
Or to be more generic, for any run configuration, I would like the Run Tool window to be shown only when something goes wrong. Otherwise I would prefer the little non-obtrusive green pop-up to appear. Like when you run a lot of tests and you minimize the Run Tool by clicking on the "down arrow" in its top-right corner. When the tests are done, a little green pop-up appears over the minimized window.
I would also compromise for an answer that tells me how to keep the Run Tool always minimized, and only see little pop-ups, regardless if they are green or red.
This is probably not exactly the answer you wanted but if you look in the RunConfiguration (Run->Edit Configurations -> JUnit) for your test run you should see a checkbox called 'Activate tool window'. If that box is ticked then the Run Tool window will pop open even if its minimised. When it's not ticked then the Run Tool window will stay minimised.
So, for any individual existing test run you can change the check box value to prevent the tool window appearing. If you're doing TDD that could mean you have many configurations for specific test cases / suites etc, which you would need to change individually.
In the longer term, you probably want to avoid future run configurations popping up the test. You can do that through the Defaults -> JUnit section in the RunConfigurations window.
Also, in the tab "Logs" you can check the option "Show console when a message is printed to standard error stream"
When this option is checked the window is opened automatically if some test fails.
When I run a test in IntelliJ IDEA 13.01 Ultimate, with any luck it just passes. In those rare cases (ha!) when I get an exception, though, it displays that exception on the right side of the Run context, as is shown below:
The up and down arrows between the two panes can walk you through the stack trace, which is great. And they claim to have a keyboard shortcut, ctrl+alt+down and ctrl+alt+up. But these shortcuts do not seem to work with any obvious workflow, and I always wind up forced to use my mouse. This is, in fact, the only time I have to use my mouse in my IntelliJ IDEA workflow. What am I doing wrong?
shift-alt-F10 to select the test case I want to see.
The image below appears, except the two blue arrows are grayed out. This is true whether the editor window contains a relevant source file or not.
Using the mouse, click on an item in the stack trace.
The two arrows are now colored, and can be used by clicking on them. Their keyboard shortcuts, however, cannot be used.
The keyboard shortcuts seem to work occasionally, under conditions that I do not understand.
I am using the ideavim plugin--could that be an issue?
It's a known problem, feel free to vote for VIM-176.
Just like this question here:
IntelliJ: After hiding my "Output" sub-panel within the "Debug" panel, how do I get it back?
I canno get the log/console viewer back in debug mode.
The suggested solution in the given question no longer works the "restore layout" button does nothing, and the "certain spot" on the debug is extremely vague at best.
Is there a way to retrieve the console if it gets vanished (or better yet, just stop that button for vanishing it from even existing)?
I am using IntelliJ 12 Ultimate. If the restore layout didn't work for you either, this should fix the problem:
Open the Debug panel.
Keep mouse on the Debug tab and move it straight right to the Watches icon.
You may see a few more more icons here, and Output may or may not be visible (not visible for me)
If visible, click it and the Output view will be restored.
If not visible, move your mouse slowly to either side of the Watches icon and an empty block would highlight indicating that you are hovering over an icon. There may be several of these. Use tooltip to figure out which is Ouput and click it.
Worked for me, I hope it works for you too.
click the button on the left of Debug View called "restore layout",then the console will go back in the Debug View! 1
Syed explained it pretty well, but a picture could be even better:
A view can be hidden via its context menu, then restored by clicking the corresponding icon (with red circle) to the right.
You can restore the layout using this button as of 2018.1.8
In 2016.2, I had to re-run in debug mode for it to reappear. I could not find a way to un-hide the console in the debug window.
You don't say which version of IntelliJ you're using, but I've just tried this in version 12 and the console window minimises to the far right of the debugger tabs. Look at where it says 'Debugger' and then eyes right until you see one or more icons over the Watches panel. Try clicking on them. If you're not using version 12, then only god can help you :)
In v. 2020.1 there is Layout Settings on the top right corner of Debug window
I've just spent an hour trying to get my console output back, and although this answer didn't solve it, it did help.
I'm on Intellij 11.1 Ultimate Edition, and Restore layout didn't help. Nor did I have any icons above the Watches window in the debugger, but I clicked around above the Watches anyway - and suddenly my console output was restored.
I've tried clicking around there again to see if I can provide more concrete steps, but without success. Can only suggest you keep clicking till it reappears.