Doc: Update info about opening output panes

- Describe additional ways to open output panes.
- Add a screenshot of the taskbar.
- Add descriptions of related icons.
- Fix the Maximize Output Pane command keyboard shortcut.

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-26278
Change-Id: I92712d1542871119e4402df18bd10c9563a335d3
Reviewed-by: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@qt.io>
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Leena Miettinen
2021-11-26 18:41:59 +01:00
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/****************************************************************************
**
** Copyright (C) 2019 The Qt Company Ltd.
** Copyright (C) 2021 The Qt Company Ltd.
** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
**
** This file is part of the Qt Creator documentation.
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\section1 Open output panes
The output panes provide a list of errors and warnings encountered during
a build, detailed output from the compiler, status of a program when it is
executed and debug output, as well as search results.
The \l{Viewing Output}{output panes} provide a list of errors and warnings
encountered during a build, detailed output from the compiler, status of a
program when it is executed, debug output, and search results.
To open output panes, use the following shortcuts:
\list
\li \uicontrol{Issues} pane Alt+1 (Cmd+1 on \macos)
\li \uicontrol{Issues} - \key Alt+1 (\key Cmd+1 on \macos)
\li \uicontrol{Search Results} pane Alt+2 (Cmd+2 on \macos)
\li \uicontrol{Search Results} - \key Alt+2 (\key Cmd+2 on \macos)
\li \uicontrol{Application Output} pane Alt+3 (Cmd+3 on \macos)
\li \uicontrol{Application Output} - \key Alt+3 (\key Cmd+3 on \macos)
\li \uicontrol{Compile Output} pane Alt+4 (Cmd+4 on \macos)
\li \uicontrol{Compile Output} - \key Alt+4 (\key Cmd+4 on \macos)
\endlist
To open the other output panes, such as \uicontrol{General Messages} and
\uicontrol{Version Control}, select \uicontrol View >
\uicontrol {Output Panes}. The menu items also display
the keyboard shortcuts that you can use.
For more information about output panes, see \l{Viewing Output}.
For additional ways to open all output panes, see \l{Viewing Output}.
\section1 Find keyboard shortcuts

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\endlist
Output panes are available in all \l{Selecting Modes}{modes}. Click the name
of an output pane to open the pane. To maximize an open output pane, click
the \uicontrol {Maximize Output Pane} button or press \key {Alt+9}.
Output panes are available on the taskbar in all \l{Selecting Modes}{modes}.
\image qtcreator-output-panes-taskbar.png "Output panes on the taskbar"
You can open output panes in the following ways:
\list
\li Select the output pane on the taskbar.
\li Select \key Alt (\key Cmd on \macos) and the number of the pane on
the taskbar.
\li Select \inlineimage icons/output-pane-menu.png
, and then select the pane to open.
\li Select \uicontrol View > \uicontrol {Output Panes}.
The menu items also display the keyboard shortcuts that you can use.
\endlist
To maximize an open output pane, select the \inlineimage arrowup.png
(\uicontrol {Maximize Output Pane}) button or press \key {Alt+Shift+9}.
To increase or decrease the output text size, select \inlineimage plus.png