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Manage the window layout

Manage the window layout

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Manage the window layout

- [Instructor] IntelliJ IDEA tool windows are placed in default locations. For example, the project window appears in the top left corner, the run to do problems in build windows appear at the bottom, and the end window appears in the top right. But you can move any of those windows around as you like. You can do this by simply dragging and dropping. So for example, the structural window which starts off on the left side of the screen, can be moved over to the right side of the screen, simply by dragging the tab over. Or you can go to the gear icon for any window and select move to, and move it to a different location. So I'll go here and select move to and put it in the bottom left, and then I'll move it again. And this time I'll move it over to the top left. You can also change the positions of the tabs around the edges of the user interface. The project tab, by default appears at the top but I can click and move…

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