Context menu in the Solution Explorer

The context menu in the Solution Explorer opens to you the main possibilities to work with your projects in The Welkin Suite. The set of the options, that are available from the context menu, depends on the item that you select: a solution, project, folder, or file.

The context menu of a solution gives you access to the basic operations with the solution.

• Build Project (the Cmd+K hotkey) — executes the build for the project in this solution,
• Deploy objects (the Shift+Cmd+K hotkey) — executes deploying objects from the project in this solution,
• Add ⇒ New File / Folder — adds a new file or folder to the solution,
• Find in Files… (the Shift+Cmd+F hotkey) — opens the Find in files window,
• Reveal in Finder — navigates to the location of the solution in your file system,
• Close — closes the solution,
• Options — opens the Property window for the solution,
• Refresh — refreshes the solution.

From the context menu of a project, you can execute literally any existing operation related to the project.

• Build (the Cmd+K hotkey) — executes the build for the project,
• Deploy Objects (the Shift+Cmd+K hotkey) — executes deploying objects from this project,
• Unload — unloads the project,
• Add ⇒ New File / New Folder — adds a new file or folder to the project,
• Find in Files… (the Shift+Cmd+F hotkey) — opens the Find in files window,
• Reveal in Finder — navigates to the location of the project in your file system,
• Options — opens the Property window for the project,
• Enable project structure sync — enables the synchronization of the project structure,
• Deploy to organization — opens the Deploy to organization wizard,
• Pull from Salesforce — executes the pulling changes,
• Show Local History — opens the Local History panel for the project,
• Show Local History Details — opens the Local History Details panel for the project,
• Scan with PMD — run the PMD scanning for the project,
• Project metadata components — opens the Project metadata components window,
• Refresh — refreshes the project.

The context menu of a folder in the Solution Explorer represents the main operations that can be done with a folder.

• Add ⇒ New File / New Folder — adds a new item or folder inside the selected folder,
• Find in Files… (the Shift+Cmd+F hotkey) — opens the Find in files window,
• Reveal in Finder — navigates to the location of the folder in your file system,
• Pull from Salesforce — executes the pulling changes,
• Show Local History — opens the Local History panel for the folder,
• Show Local History Details — opens the Local History Details panel for the folder,
• Scan with PMD — run the PMD scanning for the folder,
• Refresh — refreshes the folder.

All the options for any file in the Solution Explorer are available from the file's context menu.

• Reveal in Finder — navigates to the location of the file in your file system,
• Remove — deletes the selected file,
• Enable project structure sync — enables the synchronization of the project structure,
• Pull from Salesforce — executes the pulling changes,
• Show Local History — opens the Local History panel for the file,
• Show Local History Details — opens the Local History Details panel for the file,
• Scan with PMD — run the PMD scanning for the file,
• Refresh — refreshes the file.