How to close a tool window in IntelliJ?

Question

I have two-million-dollar windows with tools, all docked and hidden in IntelliJ, but I would like to close some of them. I will never use them, and they will just add visual clutter. There are buttons for everything except closing.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

From the help files, it is File> Settings> Appearance , which will help you. You can hide tool windows by deselecting Show tool window bars .

In each case, you can use File> Other Settings> Configure Plugins

and work with the wizard without highlighting those plugins that you are not using. You will need to restart Intellij, but it will get rid of them.

Answer 2

http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin?pr=idea&pluginId=1489

The problem is resolved. Please vote, my review looks a little lonely on its own :)

Edit

I started the discussion on the IntelliJ forum - please contribute.

Answer 3

Pressing Ctrl + Shift + F4 (while the tool window is open) can completely close (delete) some types of tool windows.

Answer 4

In IntelliJ 15 (Mac anyway), go to settings, keyboard layout, find "Hide all tool windows." See what they decide to use for quick keyboard access. Then change it to anything you want. Screenshot:

Tip. When recording a new shortcut, use the mouse to press "OK", or you can insert "Enter" as a shortcut.

Answer 5

The option "Remove from the sidebar" is added to the context menu on the buttons of the tool window in IntelliJ 15. ref: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-145126

I found a feature request in the discussion that Lawrence Wagerfield is responding to .

Thanks Lawrence!

Answer 6

Found a fancy way to do this (only for the tools at the bottom of the page) without Intellij 15. Just open the tool window and click its name. It will disappear until it is called.