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The <menupath>Tools | Internal Actions</menupath> menu provides plugin developers with a suite of tools to help develop, debug, and test their IntelliJ Platform plugins.

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> If the menu item <menupath>Tools | Internal Actions</menupath> is not available in IntelliJ IDEA, then the first step is [Enabling Internal Mode](enabling_internal.md)
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Click on the following topics to learn more about the _Internal Actions_ menu.
* [Enabling Internal Mode](enabling_internal.md) provides instructions for enabling the Internal Actions menu in IntelliJ IDEA.
* [UI Tools](internal_ui_sub.md) has information about some of the Internal Actions menu tools for inspecting and testing plugin UI.