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Context Menus

Right-clicking on a process in the process list opens a context menu with various actions:

  • Bring to Front: Brings the selected process’s window to the front (if applicable).
  • Search Online: Opens a web browser to search for the selected process’s name.
  • Show in Finder: Opens the Finder at the location of the selected process’s executable.
  • Copy:
    • PID: Copies the PID of the selected process to the clipboard.
    • Name: Copies the name of the selected process to the clipboard.
    • Command: Copies the command (without arguments) used to start the selected process to the clipboard. To get the full command including arguments, use the bottom pane.
    • Path: Copies the full path of the selected process’s executable to the clipboard.
    • Version: Copies the version of the selected process’s executable to the clipboard. Disabled if version information is not available.
  • Start History Recording: Starts recording historical data (CPU %, Resident Memory and Threads) for the selected process.
  • Stop History Recording: Stops recording historical data for the selected process.
  • Export History: Exports the recorded history of the selected process as a CSV file.
  • Send Signal (requires appropriate permissions):
    • Pause: Pauses the selected process by sending SIGSTOP signal
    • Resume: Resumes the selected paused process by sending SIGCONT signal
    • User 1: Sends SIGUSR1 signal to the selected process.
    • User 2: Sends SIGUSR2 signal to the selected process.
    • Hangup: Sends SIGHUP signal to the selected process.
    • Terminate: Sends SIGTERM signal to the selected process to request a graceful termination.
    • Kill: Sends SIGKILL signal to the selected process to forcefully terminate it.
    • Interrupt: Sends SIGINT sto the selected process to request a graceful termination.
    • Quit: Sends SIGQUIT signal to the selected process to request a graceful termination with a core dump.

File Context Menu (Bottom Pane - Files Section)

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Right-clicking on a file entry in the bottom pane’s Files section opens a context menu with the following actions:

  • Show in Finder: Opens the Finder at the location of the selected file.
  • Open With: Generates a list of available applications to open the selected file type. If no applications are available, the list is empty.
  • Copy Path: Copies the full path of the selected file to the clipboard.

Connection Context Menu (Bottom Pane - Connections Section)

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Right-clicking on a connection entry in the bottom pane’s Connections section opens a context menu with the following actions:

  • Copy Source: Copies the local address of the selected connection to the clipboard.
  • Copy Destination: Copies the remote address of the selected connection to the clipboard.

Dylib Context Menu (Bottom Pane - Dylibs Section)

Section titled “Dylib Context Menu (Bottom Pane - Dylibs Section)”

Right-clicking on a dylib entry in the bottom pane’s Dylibs section opens a context menu with the following actions:

  • Show in Finder: Opens the Finder at the location of the selected dylib.
  • Copy Path: Copies the full path of the selected dylib to the clipboard.