

For example, in the Keymap section, you can choose the keymap you want to use, reassign existing shortcuts, and create custom shortcuts for the actions that don’t have anything associated with them.Īpart from the keymap, there are lots of other things you can customize. If you go to Preferences/Settings, you’ll find a lot of other things you can play with.

Finding what you need in the IDE settings You can use this tip from the WebStorm Guide for reference. Try it yourself: press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+A, look for a UI element you’d like to hide, be it the status bar, line numbers on the gutter or something else, and turn it off from there. In general, the fastest way to toggle the visibility of UI elements is the Find Action command.
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With the tool window bar hidden, you can still access all the tool windows by hovering over the quick access icon and choosing what you need or by using the dedicated shortcut for that tool window. If you click the quick access button located on the status bar, you can also get rid of the tool window bar. First, you can customize the status bar by right-clicking it and removing any widgets you’re not using. To reduce clutter, you can hide some UI elements.

To do this, you’ll need to go to the tool window settings, select View Mode and change it there as shown here. You can even make a tool window float on top of the editor or detach it completely so that you can view it independently on a different monitor.

For this, click the gear icon on the tool window you’d like to move around, go to Move to and select a different position for that tool window. Moving tool windows aroundĪnother thing you can do is change the default position of tool windows.
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Other viewing modes you can switch to include Presentation, Distraction-free, and Full Screen. To do this, press Ctrl and the Backtick key, select View Mode and click Enter/Exit Zen Mode. For example, you can use this popup to switch to Zen mode, which can be very helpful whenever you need to remove distractions and focus on your code. This isn’t the only thing the Switch popup is useful for. Or you can instead use the Switch popup! Press Ctrl and `, select Theme, and preview the available themes all in one go, as shown here. What if you want to quickly check what the themes you’ve installed look like? You can go back to Preferences/Settings | Appearance & Behavior | Appearance and change the current theme from there. Doing some common tasks faster with the Switch popup Check out this blog post to find some inspiration.
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In addition to custom themes, you may want to install some additional handy plugins. If none of the existing themes suit your needs, you can also create your own. To explore the custom themes that are available, go to Preferences/Settings | Plugins and search the marketplace for theme. WebStorm comes with a few predefined themes, but there’s also a variety of custom options out there to choose from. Please give us your feedback so we can factor it into our later videos. We’re ready to share the second video from our WebStorm Fundamentals series! In this video, we explore some of the most common ways to tailor WebStorm’s look and feel to your liking.īelow you’ll find the key takeaways from this video as well as some additional information.
