Menu bar commands reference for the AWS Cloud9 Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

The following lists describe the default menu bar commands in the AWS Cloud9 IDE. If the menu bar isn't visible, choose the thin bar along the top edge of the IDE to show it.

• AWS Cloud9 menu

• File menu

• Edit menu

• Find menu

• View menu

• Go menu

• Run menu

• Tools menu

• Window menu

• Support menu

• Preview menu

• Other menu bar commands

AWS Cloud9 menu

Command	Description
Preferences	Do one of the following: Open the Preferences tab if it isn't open. Make the Preferences tab active if it is open but not active. Hide the Preferences tab if it is active. See Working with Project Settings, Working with User Settings, Working with Keybindings, Working with Themes, and Working with Initialization Scripts.
Go To Your Dashboard	Open the AWS Cloud9 console in a separate web browser tab. See Creating an Environment, Opening an Environment, Changing Environment Settings, and Deleting an Environment.
Welcome Page	Open the Welcome tab.
Open Your Project Settings	Open the project.settings file for the current environment. See Working with Project Settings.
Open Your User Settings	Open the user.settings file for the current user. See Working with User Settings.
Open Your Keymap	Open the keybindings.settings file for the current user. See Working with Keybindings.
Open Your Init Script	Open the init.js file for the current user. See Working with Initialization Scripts.
Open Your Stylesheet	Open the styles.css file for the current user. See Working with Themes.

File menu

Command	Description
New File	Create a new file.
New From Template	Create a new file, based on the chosen file template.
Open	Show and go to the Navigate window.
Open Recent	Open the chosen file.
Save	Save the current file.
Save As	Save the current file with a different file name, location, or both.
Save All	Save all unsaved files.
Revert to Saved	Discard changes for current file since it was last saved.
Revert All to Saved	Discard changes for all unsaved files since they were last saved.
Show File Revision History	View and manage changes to the current file in the editor. See Working with File Revisions.
Upload Local Files	Show the Upload Files dialog box, which enables you to drag files from your local computer into the environment.
Download Project	Combine the files in the environment into a .zip file, which you can download to your local computer.
Line Endings	Use Windows (carriage return plus line feed) or Unix (line feed only) line endings.
Close File	Close the current file.
Close All Files	Close all open files.

Edit menu

Command	Description
Undo	Undo the last action.
Redo	Redo the last undone action.
Cut	Move the selection to the clipboard.
Copy	Copy the selection to the clipboard.
Paste	Copy the clipboard's contents to the selection point.
Keyboard Mode	The set of keybindings to use, such as Default, Vim, Emacs, or Sublime. See Working with Keybindings.
Selection, Select All	Select all selectable content.
Selection, Split Into Lines	Add a cursor at the end of the current line.
Selection, Single Selection	Clear all previous selections.
Selection, Multiple Selections, Add Cursor Up	Add a cursor one line above the active cursor. If a cursor is already added, add another cursor above that one.
Selection, Multiple Selections, Add Cursor Down	Add a cursor one line below the active cursor. If a cursor is already added, add another cursor below that one.
Selection, Multiple Selections, Move Active Cursor Up	Add a second cursor one line above the active cursor. If a second cursor is already added, move the second cursor up one line.
Selection, Multiple Selections, Move Active Cursor Down	Add a second cursor one line below the active cursor. If a second cursor is already added, move the second cursor down one line.
Selection, Multiple Selections, Add Next Selection Match	Include more matching selections that are after the selection.
Selection, Multiple Selections, Add Previous Selection Match	Include more matching selections that are before the selection.
Selection, Multiple Selections, Merge Selection Range	Add a cursor at the end of the current line.
Selection, Select Word Right	Include the next word to the right of the cursor in the selection.
Selection, Select Word Left	Include the next word to the left of the cursor in the selection.
Selection, Select to Line End	Include from the cursor to the end of the current line in the selection
Selection, Select to Line Start	Include from the beginning of the current line to the cursor in the selection.
Selection, Select to Document End	Include from the cursor down to the end of the current file in the selection.
Selection, Select to Document Start	Include from the cursor up to the beginning of the current file in the selection.
Line, Indent	Indent the selection one tab.
Line, Outdent	Outdent the selection one tab.
Line, Move Line Up	Move the selection up one line.
Line, Move Line Down	Move the selection down one line.
Line, Copy Lines Up	Copy the contents of the line, and paste the copied contents one line up.
Line, Copy Lines Down	Copy the contents of the line, and paste the copied contents one line down.
Line, Remove Line	Delete the contents of the current line.
Line, Remove to Line End	Delete from the cursor to the end of the current line.
Line, Remove to Line Start	Delete from the beginning of the current line up to the cursor.
Line, Split Line	Move the contents of the cursor to the end of the line, to its own line.
Text, Remove Word Right	Delete the word to the right of the cursor.
Text, Remove Word Left	Delete the word to the left of the cursor.
Text, Align	Move all cursors to the same space as the active cursor on each of their lines, if they are misaligned.
Text, Transpose Letters	Transpose the selection.
Text, To Upper Case	Change the selection to all uppercase.
Text, To Lower Case	Change the selection to all lowercase.
Comment, Toggle Comment	Add line comment characters at the start of each selected line, or remove them if they are there.
Code Folding, Toggle Fold	Fold code, or remove code folding if it is there.
Code Folding, Unfold	Unfold the selected code.
Code Folding, Fold Other	Fold all possibly foldable elements, except for the current selection scope.
Code Folding, Fold All	Fold all possibly foldable elements.
Code Folding, Unfold All	Unfold code folding for the entire file.
Code Formatting, Apply Code Formatting	Reformat the selected JavaScript code.
Code Formatting, Open Language & Formatting Preferences	Open the Project Settings section of the Preferences tab to programming language settings.

Find menu

For more information, see Finding and Replacing Text.

Command	Description
Find	Show the find and replace bar for the current document, with focus on the Find expression.
Find Next	Go to the next match in the current document for the find query you entered last.
Find Previous	Go to the previous match in the current document for the find query you entered last.
Replace	Show the find and replace bar for the current document, with focus on the Replace With expression.
Replace Next	Replace the next match for Find with Replace With in the find and replace bar for the current document .
Replace Previous	Replace the previous match for Find with Replace With in the find and replace bar for the current document.
Replace All	Replace all matches for Find with Replace With in the find and replace bar for the current document.
Find in Files	Show the find and replace bar for multiple files.

View menu

Command	Description
Editors	Show the chosen editor.
Open Files	Show the Open Files list in the Environment window, or hide if shown.
Problems	Show any problems in the Java projects for the environment in the Problems panel in the terminal. You can select the problem to open the target file.
Menu Bar	Show the menu bar, or hide if shown.
Tab Buttons	Show tabs, or hide if shown.
Gutter	Show the gutter, or hide if shown.
Status Bar	Show the status bar, or hide if shown.
Console	Show the Console window, or hide if shown.
Layout, Single	Show a single pane.
Layout, Vertical Split	Show two panes, top and bottom.
Layout, Horizontal Split	Show two panes, side by side.
Layout, Cross Split	Show four panes of equal size.
Layout, Split 1:2	Show one pane on the left and two panes on the right.
Layout, Split 2:1	Show two panes on the left and one pane on the right.
Font Size, Increase Font Size	Increase the font size.
Font Size, Decrease Font Size	Decrease the font size.
Syntax	Show the syntax type for the current document.
Themes	Show the IDE theme type.
Wrap Lines	Wrap words to the edge of the current pane, or stop wrapping words if they are already wrapping.
Wrap To Print Margin	Wrap words to the edge of the current print margin, or stop wrapping words if they are already wrapping.

Go menu

Command	Description
Go To Anything	Show the Go window in Go to Anything mode.
Go To Symbol	Show the Go window in Go to Symbol mode.
Go To File	Show the Go window in Go to File mode.
Go To Command	Show the Go window in Go to Command mode.
Go To Line	Show the Go window in Go to Line mode.
Next Error	Go to the next error.
Previous Error	Go to the previous error.
Word Right	Go one word to the right.
Word Left	Go one word to the left.
Line End	Go to the end of the current line.
Line Start	Go to the start of the current line.
Jump to Definition	Go to the definition of the variable or function at the cursor.
Jump to Matching Brace	Go to the matching symbol in the current scope.
Scroll to Selection	Scroll the selection into better view.

Run menu

Command	Description
Run	Run or debug the current application.
Run Last	Run or debug the last run file.
Run With	Run or debug using the chosen runner. See Working with Builders, Runners, and Debuggers.
Run History	View run history.
Run Configurations	Choose a run configuration to run or debug with, or create or manage run configurations. See Working with Builders, Runners, and Debuggers.
Show Debugger at Break	When running code reaches a breakpoint, show the Debugger window.
Build	Build the current file.
Cancel Build	Stop building the current file.
Build System	Build using the chosen build system.
Show Build Result	Show the related build result.
Automatically Build Supported Files	Automatically build supported files.
Save All on Build	When building, save all related unsaved files.

Tools menu

Command	Description
Strip Trailing Space	Trim whitespace at the ends of lines.
Preview, Preview File	Preview the current document in a preview tab.
Preview, Preview Running Application	Preview the current application in a separate web browser tab.
Preview, Configure Preview URL	Open the Project Settings section of the Preferences tab to the Run & Debug, Preview URL box.
Preview, Show Active Servers	Show a list of available active server addresses in the Process List dialog box.
Process List	Show the Process List dialog box.
Show Autocomplete	Show the code completion context menu.
Rename Variable	Start a rename refactor for the selection.
Toggle Macro Recording	Start keystroke recording, of stop if it is already recording.
Play Macro	Play previously recorded keystrokes.

Window menu

Command	Description
Go	Show the Go window, or hide if shown.
New Terminal	Open a new Terminal tab.
New Immediate Window	Open a new Immediate tab.
Share	Show the Share this environment dialog box.
Installer	Show the AWS Cloud9 Installer dialog box.
Collaborate	Show the Collaborate window, or hide if shown.
Outline	Show the Outline window, or hide if shown.
AWS Resources	Show the AWS Resources window, or hide if shown.
Environment	Show the Environment window, or hide if shown.
Debugger	Show the Debugger window, or hide if shown.
Navigation, Tab to the Right	Go one tab right.
Navigation, Tab to the Left	Go one tab left.
Navigation, Next Tab in History	Go to the next tab.
Navigation, Previous Tab in History	Go to the previous tab.
Navigation, Move Tab to Right	Move the current tab right. If the tab is already at the far right, create a split tab there.
Navigation, Move Tab to Left	Move the current tab left. If the tab is already at the far left, create a split tab there.
Navigation, Move Tab to Up	Move the current tab up one pane. If the tab is already at very top, create a split tab there.
Navigation, Move Tab to Down	Move the current tab down one pane. If the tab is already at the very bottom, create a split tab there.
Navigation, Go to Pane to Right	Go one pane right.
Navigation, Go to Pane to Left	Go one pane left.
Navigation, Go to Pane to Up	Go one pane up.
Navigation, Go to Pane to Down	Go one pane down.
Navigation, Switch Between Editor and Terminal	Switch between the editor and the Terminal tab .
Navigation, Next Pane in History	Go to the next pane.
Navigation, Previous Pane in History	Go to the previous pane.
Saved Layouts, Save	Save the current layout. To switch to this layout later, choose Saved Layouts, LAYOUT-ID.
Saved Layouts, Save and Close All	Save the current layout, and then close all tabs and panes.
Saved Layouts, Show Saved Layouts in File Tree	Show all saved layouts in the Environment window.
Tabs, Close Pane	Close the current pane.
Tabs, Close All Tabs In All Panes	Close all open tabs in all panes.
Tabs, Close All But Current Tab	Close all open tabs in the current pane, except the current tab.
Tabs, Split Pane in Two Rows	Split the current pane into two panes, top and bottom.
Tabs, Split Pane in Two Columns	Split the current pane into two panes, left and right.
Presets, Full IDE	Switch to full IDE mode.
Presets, Minimal Editor	Switch to minimal editor mode.
Presets, Sublime Mode	Switch to Sublime mode.

Support menu

Command	Description
Welcome Page	Open the Welcome tab.
Get Help (Community)	Opens the AWS Cloud9 online community website in a separate web browser tab.
Read Documentation	Opens the AWS Cloud9 User Guide in a separate web browser tab.

Preview menu

Command	Description
Preview File	Preview the current document in a preview tab.
Preview Running Application	Preview the current application in a separate web browser tab.
Configure Preview URL	Open the Project Settings section of the Preferences tab to the Run & Debug, Preview URL box.
Show Active Servers	Show a list of available active server addresses in the Process List dialog box.

Other menu bar commands

Command	Description
Run	Run or debug the current application.
Share	Opens the Share this environment dialog box.
Preferences (gear icon)	Open the Preferences tab.