# Studio IDE
> Navigate the Studio IDE interface, including the code editor, file tabs, breadcrumbs, project explorer, and publishing controls.
The Studio IDE interface consists of a dedicated code editor, file tabs, and breadcrumbs for easy navigation. This layout enables you to manage your files, explore project structures, edit your code, version projects, run, and publish your automations.
## Code Editor
The code editor displays your current automation project, enables you to make changes to it, and provides highlighting for errors found inside your code. You can use the Code Editor like you would use any other code editor tool.
**The Context Menu** - when you right-click a line in your coded automation, the **Context Menu** appears. You can also perform the actions inside the **Context Menu** using keyboard shortcuts.
Table 1. Field descriptions for the
Context Menu
Option
Keyboard shortcut
Description
Quick Actions
Ctrl + .
Refactor, generate, or modify code elements with an action displayed automatically. An example of a quick action can be Introduce parameter for X → into new overload .
Rename
F2
Rename the code element that you have selected. The change applies to all references of the element inside the entire project.
Go to Definition
F12
Navigate to the source of a type or member, and displays the result in a new file tab.
Go to Implementation
Ctrl + F12
Navigate to the implementation of a symbol:
Interfaces - go to all implementors of the interface.
Abstract methods - go to the concrete implementations of the method.
Go to Line
Ctrl + G
Enter the number of the line you want to move the cursor to.
Toggle Breakpoint
F9
Set a breakpoint on the line you have selected. The breakpoint appears as a red dot on the left side of the Code designer panel.
Find All References
Shift + F12
Find where a particular code element is referenced throughout the opened file.
Format Document
Ctrl + K, Ctrl + D
Set the appropriate indentation, spacing and wrapping.
Show Documentation
F1
Go to the corresponding documentation of the feature or coded automation API.
Comment
Ctrl + K, Ctrl + C
Comment out the line you have selected.
Uncomment
Ctrl + K, Ctrl + U
Uncomment the line you have selected.
Cut
Ctrl + X
Cut the line you have selected.
Copy
Ctrl + C
Copy the line you have selected.
Paste
Ctrl + v
Paste.
Delete
Delete
Delete the line you have selected.
Select All
Ctrl + A
Select all lines in the file.
For keyboard shortcuts that you generally use in Studio, not specifically for coded automations, visit [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/2026.10/user-guide/keyboard-shortcuts)
## Keyboard shortcuts
You can expand or reduce your current code selection, using the following keyboard shortcuts:
* `Ctrl + Shift + Num+`: Expand the current code selection to the next larger syntax node, such as block, method, class, namespace, or entire file.
* `Ctrl + Shift + Num-`: Reduce the current code selection to the next smaller syntax node.
## Code Editor Settings
When you work with coded automations, you create and edit them in the dedicated code editor. To personalize the built-in Studio code editor, navigate to **Settings**, and select **Code Editor**.
:::note
The Code Editor settings apply only to coded automations.
:::
The table below describes each code editor setting.
| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Font** | Choose the font of the code. |
| **Font Size** | Set the size of the font. |
| **Tab Size** | Set the size of the tab. |
| **View Whitespace** | Highlight the spaces created when you press `Space` on your keyboard. |
| **Highlight Current Line** | Highlight the line where you have your cursor on. |
| **Show Structure Guide Lines** | Enables dotted structure guide lines on your code, to identify individual blocks. |
| **Show Error Squiggles** | Show a red squiggle that indicates a compiler error or warning. |
| **Show Line Numbers** | Show the number of each line on the code that you're working on. |
| **Auto Convert Tabs to Spaces** | Create 4 spaces when using the `Tab` key. |
| **Show Selection Margin** | Show a margin next to the line of code that you're editing. |
| **Show Selection Matches** | Find and highlight all the matching strings for the range of characters you selected. |
| **Highlight References** | Highlight references to the object your cursor is on. Only objects that match the current context are highlighed. |
| **Enable Source Decompilation** | Decompile source code when you view the definition of an object using **Go to Definition**. Enable this to navigate to the definitions available in the `CodedWorkflowBase` class. Visit [Base class](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/2026.10/user-guide/coded-automations-introduction#base-class) for more information. |
| **Enable Import Completion** | Automatically import the namespace that includes the selected symbol, with IntelliSense. |
## Tabs
The code editor opens files inside your project with tabs, in the editor's header.
When you open a file, a new tab is displayed for it.
## Breadcrumbs
In the code editor header, you can navigate through classes and methods inside a file, using breadcrumbs.
## Versioning
You can version Coded Automation projects like any other project in Studio. You can version projects when you publish them to Orchestrator, or if you use source control systems, such as GIT or SVN.
* **Publish versioning** - Projects in Studio can be versioned using either the semantic or legacy versioning scheme. The semantic versioning scheme has the format **Major.Minor.Patch[-Suffix]** and the legacy versioning scheme has the format `M.m.bbbb.rrrrr`. The project's semantic version can be modified from the `project.json` file or the **Publish** window. The suggested version number in the **Publish** window is generated based on the project's previous versioning scheme. Visit [Setting the Project Version](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/2026.10/user-guide/about-automation-projects#setting-the-project-version) to learn how to version your projects in Studio.
* **Source control versioning** - You can version your coded automations projects using source control systems such as GIT, TFS, or SVN. Visit [About Version Control](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/2026.10/user-guide/about-version-control) to learn how to version your projects using source control systems.
## Find and Replace
To open the **Find and Replace** dialog, use the keyboard shortcuts below:
* `Ctrl + Shift + F` - opens the **Find and Replace** dialog in the **Find In Files** tab.
* `Ctrl + Shift + H` - opens the **Find and Replace** dialog on the **Replace in Files** tab.
### Find in Files
1. Type the characters you want to search in the **Search** bar.
2. Select one of the search options in the **Search** bar:
1. **Match case**
2. **Match whole word**
3. **Regular Expression**
3. From the **Project** dropdown select the place where to search for the characters:
1. **Project** - search in current project.
2. **Opened Documents** - search in the opened documents.
3. **Documents** - search in all documents inside the project.
4. Select **Open in Find Panel** to open the search results in Studio.
5. Select **Find Previous** to find the previous result and **Find Next** to find the next result.
### Replace in Files
1. Type the characters you want to replace in the **Search** bar.
2. Type the characters that you want to replace with in the **Replace** bar.
3. Select one of the search options in the **Search** bar:
1. **Match case**
2. **Match whole word**
3. **Regular Expression**
4. From the **Project** dropdown select the place where to search for the characters:
1. **Project** - search in current project.
2. **Opened Documents** - search in the opened documents.
3. **Documents** - search in all documents inside the project.
5. Select **Open in Find Panel** to open the search results in Studio.
6. Select **Replace Next** to replace the next iteration or **Replace All** to replace all iterations.