View | Tool Windows | Ant Build

The tool window is marked with the icon images/icon_ant.png

Use this tool window to add Ant build scripts to your project, control behavior of the build, and run build targets.

IntelliJ IDEA implements the Ant Build tool window functionality with a bundled plugin, which can be completely disabled by clearing the Ant support check box on the the Plugins page of IntelliJ IDEA preferences (Ctrl+Alt+S) .

Ant Build

ItemDescription
images/add.pngClick this button to add an Ant build file to the current project.
images/delete.pngClick this button to remove the reference to the selected build file from the current project.
images/run.pngClick this button to run the selected build target.
images/commonfilter.pngWhen this button is pressed, only the primary targets are visible.
images/expandAll.png images/collapse_all.pngUse these buttons to expand or collapse all the nodes.
images/properties.pngClick this button to show the properties of the selected Ant build file.
images/icon_help.pngClick this button to show the corresponding reference topic.

Ant build results

Results of running Ant targets or the entire builds are shown in the Messages tool window.

See Also

Reference:

Getting Started:

Language and Framework-Specific Guidelines: