Windows

Below is an overview of all actions that can be accessed from this menu.

UI Action Name	Action Name	Description
Load desktop...	LoadDesktop	This commands show all available desktops (stored in the database or in the registry). More…
Save desktop...	SaveDesktop	This command saves the current desktop configuration to a desktop. More…
Delete desktop...	DeleteDesktop	This command deletes a desktop containing a desktop configuration.
Reset desktop	ResetDesktop	This command resets all windows (IDA main window and database windows) by loading the original IDA disassembly desktop or debugger desktop(if the debugger is active).
Reset hidden messages...	ResetHiddenMessages	Reset hidden messages
Windows list	WindowsList	Display list of the currently open windows
Next window	NextWindow	Switch to the next window
Previous window	PrevWindow	Switch to the previous window
Close window	CloseWindow	Close the current window
Focus command line	FocusCLI2	Focus command line
Output window	OutputWindow	Display the output window if hidden. More…
Functions	WindowActivate1	Functions
IDA View-A	WindowActivate2	IDA View-A
Pseudocode-A	WindowActivate3	Pseudocode-A
Hex View-1	WindowActivate4	Hex View-1
Local Types	WindowActivate5	Local Types
Imports	WindowActivate6	Imports
Exports	WindowActivate7	Exports
Switch to window #8	WindowActivate8	Switch to window #8
Switch to window #9	WindowActivate9	Switch to window #9

Load desktop...

This commands show all available desktops (stored in the database or in the registry). Pressing Enter loads the desktop configuration from the selected desktop. Pressing Del> deletes the selected desktop.

Save desktop...

This command saves the current desktop configuration to a desktop. If you enter a name, IDA saves the current configuration to a named desktop in the database or registry. If you select 'Default', IDA saves the current configuration to the Default or Default debugger desktop (if the debugger is active) in the registry.

Output window

Display the output window if hidden. The Output window appears at the bottom of IDA's interface by default and serves two key purposes:

• Displays various IDA messages and notifications.

• Provides a command line interface (CLI) for executing IDC or IDAPython commands.

Output window

If closed, you can reopen it via Windows -> Output window.

Context Menu Options

Right-click in the Output window to access these options:

• Select All: Selects all content in the window

• Find/Find next: Searches for a specific string

• Clear: Removes all previous messages from the window

• Copy to CLI: Places selected text into CLI field

• Save to file: Exports window content to a .log file

• Show timestamps: Displays time information with each message

• Font...: Customizes the text appearance (font, style, size)

You can duplicate all messages appearing in this window to a file. To do this, you have to define an environment variable before starting IDA:

set IDALOG=logfile

Command Line Providers

Currently, the following command line providers exist:

• IDC

• Python

• Bochs debugger

• WinDbg debugger

• GDB debugger

Command-line

When these plugins are active, they will process the entered commands. The current command language can be changed by clicking the button to the left of the input field. The current language can be set as default by choosing "Default CLI" from the context menu of the command line.

The command-line input field can be activated by pressing ., while Esc switches back to the previous window.