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The Internal Actions UI submenu provides IntelliJ Platform plugin developers with a suite of tools to help develop, debug, and test their IntelliJ Platform project UI.

 >  If the menu item **Tools \| Internal Actions** is not available in IntelliJ IDEA, then the first step is to [Enabling Internal Mode](enabling_internal.md)
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## The Tools Available on the UI Submenu
Here are some tools available on the UI submenu of the Internal Actions menu:
* [UI Inspector](internal_ui_inspector.md) is a tool to get an internal description with each UI element's properties.
* [LaF Defaults](internal_ui_laf_defaults.md) provides a way to lookup the key-value pair for a UI element, and the ability to prototype the color of UI Controls.