Main Menu and Toolbar Reference
This section is a quick reference to the main menu and toolbar of the IDL Workbench.
This list describes the items in the main menu as it appears in Microsoft Windows. There are differences between the main menu on Windows and Mac platforms, which are as follows:
- The Mac main menu appears across the top of the screen, not part of the Workbench window.
- The Mac includes an IDL menu within the main menu.
- Keybindings that use the Ctrl key on Windows will use the Command key on Mac. The keybindings listed in this section are the default settings and can be customized through Preferences.
File
New |
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Start a wizard to open a new project, or choose from other actions. (Alt+Shift+N)
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New Pro File |
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Create a new file in the Editor view. (Ctrl+N)
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New Project |
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Create a New IDL Project dialog using a dialog.
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New ENVI Extension
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Create a new ENVI extension using a dialog.
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Open |
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Open a file in the Editor view. (Ctrl+O)
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Recent Files |
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Open a file from a list of the most recently accessed files.
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Close |
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Close the file selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+W)
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Close All |
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Close all files in the Editor view. (Ctrl+Shift+W)
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Save |
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Save the file selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+S)
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Save As |
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Save the file selected in the Editor view to a new filename.
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Save All |
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Save all open files. (Ctrl+Shift+S)
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Rename |
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Rename the selected file in the Project Explorer view. (F2)
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Refresh |
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Refresh the contents displayed in the Project Explorer view. (F5)
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Print |
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Print the file selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+P)
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Import |
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Start the Import wizard, which has multiple options to import files, preferences, and more.
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Export |
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Start the Export wizard, which has multiple options to export files, preferences, and more.
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Properties |
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View information about the file selected in the Editor view. (Alt+Enter)
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Switch Workspace
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Switch to a different IDL workspace. IDL will exit and restart to use the selected workspace.
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Restart |
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Exit then restart IDL.
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Exit |
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Exit IDL. |
Edit
Undo |
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Cancel the previous action. (Ctrl+Z, or Command+Z on Mac)
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Redo |
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Cancel the previous Undo command. (Ctrl+Y)
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Cut |
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Cut the text selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+X)
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Copy |
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Copy the selected text from the Editor or Console view to the clipboard. It also copies files from the Project Explorer view, variable information (as text) in the Variables view, and commands from the Command History view. (Ctrl+C).
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Paste |
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Paste the copied text or command. (Ctrl+V).
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Delete |
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Delete selected item. (Delete)
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Select All |
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Select all content in the active view (i.e., Editor, Console, Command History, etc.). (Ctrl+A)
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Find/Replace |
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Search, or search and replace, specified text in the Editor or Console views.(Ctrl+F)
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Find Next |
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Locate the next instance of the text specified in Find/Replace. (F3)
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Find Previous |
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Locate the previous instance of the text specified in Find/Replace. (F4)
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Search |
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Search files for a specified string and display the results in the Search view. (Ctrl+H)
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Set Encoding |
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Set the encoding (default UTF-8) for the file selected in the Editor view.
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Back |
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Toggle the Editor view back through the recent files list. Or, click the arrow to choose the desired file from the drop-down list. (Alt+Left Arrow)
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Forward |
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Toggle the Editor view forward through the recent files list. Or, click the arrow to choose the desired file from the drop-down list. (Alt+Right Arrow)
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Source
Toggle Comment
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Toggle the selected line between comment and code. (Ctrl+;)
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Add File Comments
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Input IDLdoc-style comments for the file (https://github.com/mgalloy/idldoc).
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Add Routine Comments
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Input IDLdoc style comments for the routine.
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Open Declaration
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Open the .pro code for a selected call to a user defined routine. (Ctrl+F3)
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To Uppercase
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Change the selected text to uppercase. (Ctrl+Shift+U)
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To Lowercase
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Change the selected text to lowercase. (Ctrl+U)
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Format
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Automatically format the selected text or the file in View.
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Shift Right
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Shift the selected text or the entire file to the right.
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Shift Left
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Shift the selected text or the entire file to the left.
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Content Assist
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Provides content to help enter commands. (Ctrl+Space)
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Code Templates
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Provides templates to help write IDL code.
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Project
Open Project
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Open the selected project from the Project Explorer view.
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Close Project
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Close the selected project. Resource files in a closed project cannot be changed or accessed by the development environment. Closed projects take up a lot less memory.
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Build All
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Build all projects that are currently open in the Project Explorer.
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Build Project
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Build the selected open project according to the IDL Build Properties. By default, IDL will compile all .pro code in the project, execute RESOLVE_ALL, and create a save file with the project's name. (Ctrl+B)
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Build Working Set
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Select the working set to build.
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Apply Patch
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Start the Patch wizard and apply a code patch. |
Set Selection as Current Working Directory
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Set the directory of the selected project as the working directory.
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Properties
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Set properties for the selected project.
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Macros
IDL Converter
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Opens a dialog in which to convert units (e.g., feet to meters). |
Edit Macros
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Assign IDL code to icons and keyboard shortcuts. You can use macros for tasks that you repeat often or want to simplify. When you add custom macros, you can define:
- The IDL code that the macro runs
- The macro name and menu label
- An icon to display next to the menu item
- A custom tooltip to display when hovering over the menu item
- A keyboard shortcut to run the macro
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Run
Compile
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Compile the file selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+F8).
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Run
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Run the file selected in the Editor view. (F8). |
Resume
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Resume running the file.
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Stop
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Stop execution. (Ctrl+F2)
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Step In
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Step through the code line by line. If a command is defined in .pro code, the file will be opened in the editor and stepped though this code line by line. (F5)
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Step Over
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Steps through code in the current scope line by line. (F6)
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Step Out
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Executes remaining code in the current scope, then moves to the next line of higher scope. (F7)
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Skip
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Skip a line when debugging. (Ctrl+Shift+F6)
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Reset Session |
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Executes .RESET_SESSION to reset much of the state of an IDL session, without requiring you to exit and restart the IDL session. After the reset is complete, if a start-up file is specified, it is run.
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Run Selected Text
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Execute the commands selected in the Editor view. (Shift+F8)
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Print, <selected text>
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Run the selected text and print the result. This is useful when debugging. For example, highlight a variable and print its value.
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Run Project
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Execute the save file created by Build Project. (Ctrl+Shift+F8)
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Run to Line
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When debugging, execute the code until it reaches the cursor's location. (Ctrl+R)
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Show Code Coverage
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Toggle on or off highlighting code lines that have been executed.
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Toggle Breakpoint
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Add or Remove a breakpoint at the line selected by the cursor. (Ctrl+Shift+B)
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Remove all Breakpoints
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Remove all breakpoints.
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Window
Editor |
Editor view controls. |
Appearance |
IDL Workbench controls, including show/hide the toolbar and status bar. |
Show View |
Open other IDL Workbench views.
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Source Control Tools
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Access to source code repositories.
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Breakpoints |
Show the location of breakpoints in the code. (Alt+Shift+Q, b)
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Class Hierarchy |
Display a hierarchy of all of the objects used in the program in the Editor view.
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Command History |
Display the Command History view.
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IDL Console |
Show the IDL Console view. (Ctrl+I)
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Outline |
Show a tree hierarchy view of procedures and functions included in the selected program file in the Editor view. (Alt+Shift+Q, o)
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Profiler |
Show the Profiler view. This is useful to test the speed of your code.
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Project Explorer
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Show a directory tree for projects in the IDL Workbench.
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Variables |
Show information about the defined variables in the Variables view. (Alt+Shift+Q, v)
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Perspective |
Customize and save the view layout or open saved layouts of the Workbench views. Also, reset the layout to the default when you have undocked tabs from the Workbench and moved tabs around.
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Increase Font Size
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Increase the font size in the Editor and IDL Console views. (Ctrl++).
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Decrease Font Size
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Decrease the font size in the Editor and IDL Console views. (Ctrl+-).
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Preferences |
Open the IDL Preferences dialog box.
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Help
Help on Selected Item
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Display Help that corresponds to the selected item selected by the cursor.
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Help |
Display Help for the text selected in the Editor view in the Console view.
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Help Contents |
Open the IDL Help system.
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Show Active Keybindings
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Shows the keyboard shortcuts available in the development environment.
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Eclipse User Storage
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This option is added when the Marketplace Client is installed. It includes options to access your Eclipse account and Marketplace favorites.
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Install New Software
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Install Eclipse Marketplace or other plug-in software.
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Eclipse Marketplace
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If the Marketplace Client is installed, use this to select and install Eclipse plug-ins.
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Check for Updates
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Check to determine if the IDL version is up-to-date.
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About IDL |
Show the IDL version, build ID, and copyright information.
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IDL (Mac Only)
About IDL |
Show the IDL version, build ID, and copyright information.
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Preferences |
Open the IDL Preferences dialog box.
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Services |
Mac Services menu.
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Hide IDL |
Minimize the IDL Workbench. (Command+H)
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Hide Others |
Minimize all open programs other than IDL.
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Show All |
Maximize all open programs.
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Quit IDL |
Close the IDL Workbench. (Command+Q)
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Version History
7.0 |
Introduced |
8.8.0 |
Remove Macros from Toolbar |