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File menu

The following File menu commands can be performed with the Workspace view focused. If a tab, such as an editor, is focused, File will show the commands for that tab.

command description
Fuzzy Search Opens a dialog to find artifacts in the workspace
Settings Open user settings dialog
Connection Manager Opens a dialog to manage remote connections
New Repository... Create a new repository
Clone Repository... Clone an existing repository
Shared Repositories Clone one of the shared repositories

Edit menu

This is only enabled when a Text Editor is focused.

Q menu

This is only enabled when a Text Editor is focused.

Tools menu

command description
Scratchpad Opens a Scratchpad
Remote Scratchpad... Create a new Scratchpad connected to a remote process
Visual Inspector Opens the Visual Inspector
Visual Profiler Opens the Visual Profiler
Data Transfer Opens a dialog for downloading data
Table Importer Opens the Table Importer wizard for importing various file formats
Table Exporter Opens the Table Exporter wizard for exporting files to various formats
Table Transformer Opens the Table Transformer

Window menu

command description
Toggle Sidebar Show or hide the side bar
Close Other Windows Closes all windows except the currently selected window
Close All Docked Windows Closes all windows in the docked display area
Close All Undocked Windows Closes all windows not docked
Close All Except Scratchpads Closes all docked windows except any scratchpads
Close All Closes all windows

Help menu

command description
Feature Overview Opens an overview of the IDE's most significant features
Keyboard Reference… Opens a keyboard shortcuts reference in a separate tab
Q Reference… Opens a q reference code.kx.com page in a separate tab
Developer Function Reference… Opens the documentation for the included libraries
Developer User Guide… Opens user guide in a separate tab
Developer Notes & Troubleshooting… Opens the troubleshooting, notes, and FAQ in a separate tab
Open Help on Editor Selection… Opens help on selected text (Only available when an editor is focused)

Account drop-down

The Account menu present will depend on the version of the IDE being run.

command description
Theme Switches interface between the light and dark themes
About Displays information about the current release
Change Workspace Return to the workspace selection screen, leaving the process running
Disconnect Disconnects from current process, but leaves it running and leaves you logged in. Process state is preserved
Restart Restarts the current process. Process state is cleared
Terminate Kills the current process but leaves you logged in. Process state is cleared
Logout Kills the current process and logs you out of the system

Supported browser commands

command description
Bookmarking You can bookmark the workspace page. You cannot bookmark any other pages