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Komodo's Start Page is displayed by default when Komodo is
first opened. It provides quick access to, online resources,
recently opened files and projects, tutorials, and a
sample
project. Select Edit|Preferences|Appearance
to hide sections of the page or disable opening it at
startup.
The default drop-down menus are: File,
Edit, Code,
View, Debug,
Project, Toolbox,
Tools, Window, and
Help. The functions accessed from each menu are
described in detail in the relevant section of the User Guide.
For example, the items accessed from the Debug menu are described
in Debugging
Programs.
Note: On Mac OS X systems, a menu labelled
Komodo is displayed to the left of the
File menu. On OS X, Komodo's Preferences dialog
box is accessed by clicking
Komodo|Preferences.
Komodo displays right-click context menus with options
relative to the area of Komodo where the option was invoked,
depending the location of the mouse pointer. Use the left mouse
button to select items from context menus.
- Menu Bar Areas and Toolbar Areas: Options
to view or hide individual toolbars and toolbar text
(unavailable on Mac OS X).
- Projects Tab (Project Name): Options to
open, save, activate, and close the projects, and to add a file
to the selected project.
- Projects Tab (File Name): Options to edit,
remove or export the selected file ,and access to source code control
commands.
- Toolbox Tab: Options to work with the
specified component.
- Editor Pane (File Editing Area): Options
to cut, copy, and paste text, to set a breakpoint, and to edit
the file
properties and settings.
- Editor Pane (Tabs): Options to close the
selected file and to view the file's properties and
settings.
- Bottom Pane: The context menus available
on tabs in the Bottom Pane (e.g. the
Debug tab and the Breakpoints
tab) contain subsets of Komodo's top-level menus.
To hide or show toolbars, or to hide or show button text, do
one of the following:
- From the View menu, select
Toolbars.
- Right-click on a menu bar or toolbar, and toggle the check
mark beside the pertinent option.
- From the Edit menu, select
Preferences. (On Mac OS X, from the
Komodo menu, select
Preferences.) Then, click the
Appearance option and select or clear the
desired options.
The Standard Toolbar provides quick access to common editing
functions. Launch the Komodo User Guide by clicking the Help
button.
The Tools Toolbar contains the commonly used commands on the
Tools menu, including Preview in Browser,
the Regular
Expression Toolkit, and the the interactive
shell.
 Komodo IDE only
The Workspace Toolbar toggles the main components of the
Komodo workspace. Use this toolbar to show/hide the Left Pane, Bottom
Pane and Right Pane, and to display
or shift focus to a specific tab in one of these panes (e.g. the
Toolbox tab).
The Debug Toolbar provides quick access to common debugging
functions, such as Step In and Step Over. For more information
about debugging programs, see Debugging
Programs.
 Komodo IDE only
Use the Open/Find Toolbar to open files and search for
strings. Find strings in files currently displayed in the editor
or in files not currently open in Komodo but located on the
filesystem. See Open/Find
Toolbar for more information.
The Source Code Control Toolbar (Komodo IDE only) makes it
easy to work with files that are stored in Perforce or CVS. For more about using the
Source Code Control Toolbar, see Source Code Control.
 Komodo IDE only
The Macros Toolbar makes it easier to record, play and save
macros. For more information see Macros.
For users of PDK 6.0 and later, the PDK Toolbar provides quick
access to Perl Dev Kit tools. Buttons for launching the core PDK
tools (PerlApp, PerlSvc, PerlCtrl, and PerlTray) are grayed out
unless a Perl file is the active file in the Editor Pane.
Availability of buttons depends on which features are included in
your PDK version. If the PDK is not installed on your system, all
toolbar options are grayed out when the PDK Toolbar is displayed.
For more information on how the PDK integates with Komodo, see
Komodo and the Perl Dev
Kit.
It is also possible to create Custom Toolbars
consisting of items in the Toolbox or Komodo
projects (e.g.
run commands, code snippets and directory shortcuts).
The Left Pane of the Komodo workspace contains the
Projects, Code and
DOM tabs.
The Projects tab displays projects that are
currently open. Hide or display the components contained in a
project by clicking the plus sign to the left of the project
name. To display the Projects tab, select
View|Tabs|Projects, or use the associated
key
binding.
Related Topics:
The Code tab displays a hierarchical view of
all code symbols (for example, variables, methods, imports) in an
open file. Symbols can be sorted and filtered, and the current
scope of a symbol can be located. To display the
Code tab, select
View|Tabs|Projects, or use the associated
key
binding.
Related Topics:
The DOM Viewer tab displays the DOM nodes
(e.g. elements and attributes) of the current document as a
collapsible tree. The DOM Viewer lets you find, view and jump to
any of these nodes quickly.
Related Topics:
The Right Pane of the Komodo workspace contains the Toolbox and,
optionally, a Shared Toolbox.
Use the Toolbox tab to manage and store
Komodo components (for example, frequently used files, code
snippets, commands, and URLs). Add items to the Toolbox, as well
as to folders within the Toolbox. Items can be imported to the
Toolbox and exported as Komodo project files and packages. Items
added to the Toolbox are displayed with associated icons for easy
identification. To display the Toolbox tab,
select View|Tabs|Toolbox, or use the associated
key
binding.
Related Topics:
A Shared Toolbox has the same functionality as the Toolbox except that it can be shared among
multiple users. For example, use a Shared Toolbox to store code
snippets that are frequently used by a number of programmers. The
Toolbox tab is only available if the Shared
Toolbox preference has been set (select
Edit|Preferences|Shared Support, or, on Mac OS
X, select Komodo|Preferences|Shared
Support).
Related Topics:
The large pane in the middle of the Komodo workspace is the
Editor Pane. The Editor Pane is used for editing and debugging.
Each open file has a corresponding tab at the top of the Editor
Pane. Change the order of the tabs by clicking and dragging tabs
to the desired position. The name of the active file (that is,
the file that is currently displayed in the Editor Pane) is
displayed in bold text. Use the left and right arrow buttons on
the right side of the tabs to scroll though open files. Use the
close button "X" on the right side of the tab display to close
the active file. An asterisk beside the filename indicates that
the file has been changed since it was opened, and needs to be
saved. If a file is under source code control, a file status icon to the
left of the filename indicates its current status.
Related Topics:
The Bottom Pane spans the width of the Komodo workspace and
displays at the bottom of the screen. The Bottom Pane contains
the following tabs:
The Breakpoints, SCC Output, Interactive Shell, and Debug tabs
are only available in Komodo
IDE.
Use the View menu, Standard Toolbar or Komodo key bindings to
choose which tabs are displayed in the Komodo workspace. Use the
Standard Toolbar to show and hide the Left Pane, Right Pane and
Bottom Pane.
To display a tab in the Left Pane, Right Pane or Bottom Pane,
select View|Tabs|<TabName>, or
see Komodo's default key bindings (Help|List Key Bindings) for
the appropriate keyboard shortcut. Alternatively, click the
Show Specific Tab button on the Standard
Toolbar.
To show and hide the Left Pane, Right Pane or Bottom Pane,
click the associated button on the Standard Toolbar. Click the
close arrow in the top right corner of a pane to close it.
When you are focusing on coding alone, you may want to
maximize the Editor Pane. To increase the size of the Editor
Pane, hide the Left Pane and the Right Pane. The Left, Right and
Bottom Panes can be resized by clicking and dragging.
To take advantage of as much of the Komodo workspace as
possible, select View|Full Screen. When Full
Screen mode is enabled, the workspace is maximized, and the
toolbars and status bar are hidden. To restore the previous view,
select View|Full Screen again.
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