# XPath Viewer

> **TL;DR**
> `File | Settings | Tools | XPath Viewer` for Windows and Linux
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> `IntelliJ IDEA | Settings | Tools | XPath Viewer` for macOS
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> `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS)) ![the Settings icon](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.settings.svg)

This page appears if [XPathView + XSLT](xpath-and-xslt-support.html) plugin is enabled. In this page, configure the IntelliJ IDEA behaviour during interactive execution of XPath expressions.

Procedure: Enable the XPathView + XSLT plugin

This functionality relies on the [XPathView + XSLT](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12478-xpathview--xslt)  plugin, which  is bundled and enabled in IntelliJ IDEA   by default. If the relevant features are not available, make sure that you did not disable the plugin.

> **Note:**
> The XPathView + XSLT plugin is available by default only in IntelliJ IDEA  with the Ultimate subscription. For IntelliJ IDEA, you need to install the XPathView + XSLT plugin as described in [Plugins](managing-plugins.html).

1. Press `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS)) to open settings and then select `Plugins`.

2. Open the Installed tab, find the XPathView + XSLT plugin, and select the checkbox next to the plugin name.

| Item | Description |
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| Scroll first hit into visible area | Select this checkbox to have the editor automatically scroll to the first XPath match. |
| Use node at cursor as context node | Select this checkbox to have the entered XPath expression use the currently selected node (tag/attribute/pi, and so on) as its context node and evaluate the expression relatively to this node. |
| Highlight only start tag instead of whole tag content |     Do one of the following:        * Select this checkbox to have only the name of a matching tag highlighted.    * Clear this checkbox to have the entire content of a matching tag highlighted.    |
| Add error stripe markers for each result | Select this checkbox to have each match supplied with an error stripe marker which can be quickly navigated to. The tooltip of each marker shows the matched content.  |
| Colors |     In this area, configure color indication during execution of XPath expressions. Clicking on the color box will open the [Select Color](null) dialog in which you can modify the current color indication.        * Highlight Color: select the color to indicate XPath matches in the editor.    * Context Node Color: select the color to indicate the current context node.    |

## See also

### Language and Framework-Specific Guidelines

[XPath and XSLT support](xpath-and-xslt-support.html)