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

> **TIP** 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)

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.