Project tool window

Select Next View or Tab

Alt+ArrowRight

Use this option to switch between different views.

Select Previous View or Tab

Alt+ArrowLeft

Use this option to switch between different views.

Show List of Views or Tabs

Alt+ArrowDown

Use this option to switch between different views.

Tree Appearance

Show Members

If this option is on, the files in the tree that contain classes turn into nodes. When such node is unfolded, the contained classes with their fields, methods, and other members of the selected item are shown.

Show Excluded Files

This option is available only in the Project view.

Turn this option on or off to show or hide excluded folders and files.

Show Scratches and Consoles

Hide or display the Scratches and Consoles node.

This node contains your scratch files and query consoles.

Sort by Name

Sort files alphabetically by their names.

The option does not affect the order of folders, they are always sorted alphabetically.

Sort by Type

Sort files by their extensions.

The option does not affect the order of folders, they are always sorted alphabetically.

Sort by Modification Time (Newest First/Oldest First)

Sort files by the time they were modified. To display this information, select View | Appearance | Details in Tree View from the main menu.

The option does not affect the order of folders, they are always sorted alphabetically.

Folders Always on Top

If the option is on, folders are shown above the files. Otherwise, all items are sorted alphabetically, and files and folders appear intermixed.

Enable Preview Tab

Enable the preview tab that allows you to view files in a single tab one by one without opening each file in a new tab.

Open Files with Single Click

Open an item in the editor by clicking it in the Project tool window once. Otherwise, you need to double-click items to open them.

Note that you cannot disable this option if you enable the preview tab.

Open Directories with Single Click

Expand and collapse directories in the Project tool window by clicking them once. Otherwise, you need to double-click a directory to open it or use the icon next to the directory's name.

Always Select Opened File

If this option is on, PyCharm automatically locates documents that you open in the editor in the current view of this window.

Edit Scopes

Open the Scopes dialog in which you can create and edit used-defined scopes.

Note that this command is available only if the current view is a scope view.

File Nesting

Opens the File nesting dialog where you can configure presentation of files that have same names but different extensions.

Group Tabs

If this option is on, there is a list in the left-hand part of the title bar from which you can select the necessary view.

If this option is off, the views are represented by tabs which appear in the left-hand part of the title bar.

View Mode

This option lets you control general appearance and behavior of the tool window. For full information, refer to Tool window view modes.

Move to

To associate the tool window with a different tool window bar, select this command, and then select the destination tool window bar (Top, Left, Bottom or Right). For full information, refer to the Move tool windows chapter.

Resize

To resize the tool window by moving one of its borders, select this command, and then select the necessary Stretch to option.

Note that this command is not available for the floating mode.

Remove from Sidebar

This command hides the tool window, removes the associated tool window button from the tool window bar and removes the tool window from the quick access menu ( or ).

To open the tool window again (and restore the associated features), use the main menu: View | Tool Windows | <Window Name> or press Alt+1.

Help

This command opens the description of the Project tool window in the PyCharm online help.

Select Next View or Tab

Select Previous View or Tab

Alt+ArrowRight

Alt+ArrowLeft

If the views are currently shown as tabs (the Group Tabs option is off), this button appears to the right of the last visible tab.

Open the list of views, for example, to select a different view.

Navigate from a file in the editor to the corresponding node (file, class, field, method, and so on) in the Project tool window.

This icon is not available if the Always Select Opened File option is currently on.

Control+NumPad-+

Expand all nodes.

Control+NumPad--

Collapse all nodes.

Open the menu for configuring the current view and changing the tool window viewing modes. The available options are a subset of the title bar context menu items.

Note that most of the menu items are options that you can turn on or off. An option which is on has a check mark to the left of its name.

• Edit Scopes

• Show Members

• Open Files with Single Click

• Always Select Opened File

• Sort by Type

• Folders Always on Top

• Show Excluded Files

• Pinned Mode, Docked Mode, Floating Mode, Windowed Mode, Split Mode

• Remove from Sidebar

• Group Tabs

• Move to

• Resize

Shift+Escape

Hide the tool window Shift+Escape.

To hide all the tool windows, press Control+Shift+F12.

A package

A folder (directory). Different folder categories have different colors.

• A directory

• Excluded folder

External Libraries, a category for grouping third party software associated with the project. The node is only shown when the Project view is selected.

Your scratch files and consoles are grouped under this node.

New

Alt+Insert

Create a new item (directory, file, or class) within the selected one. (project or directory).

Change Course Information

Choose this command to show the Change Course Information dialog, where you can change the course title, description and author.

Generate Course Archive

Choose this command to create a zip archive of your course in the specified location.

Upload Course to Stepic

Choose this command to share your course via Stepic. It is essential to have a Stepic account.

Cut

Control+X

Move the selected item or items from the current location to the clipboard.

Copy

Control+C

Copy the selected item or items to the clipboard.

Copy Path/Reference

Use this command and one of the following options to copy the selected item(s) to the clipboard:

• Absolute Path: copies the full path(s) of the selected item or items.

• File Name: copies only the filename to the clipboard.

• Path From Content Root: copies the path relative to the directory that contains the application content files.

• Path From Source Root: copies the path relative to the Sources Root.

• Path From Repository Root: copies the path relative to the project repository.

• GitHub Repository URL: copies the path relative to the project repository on GitHub.

• Toolbox URL: if you have PyCharm Toolbox installed, you can insert the copied path in the browser to open the Toolbox application with the selected project.

• Copy Reference (Control+Alt+Shift+C): copies the reference of the selected item including the line number.

Paste

Control+V

Insert the contents of the clipboard into the selected location.

Jump to Source

F4

Open the selected file in the editor. If the file is already open, the corresponding editor tab will become active.

Find Usages

Alt+F7

Search for the usages of the selected item. (The Find Usages dialog will open.)

Find in Files

Control+Shift+F

Perform a text search. (Find in Files dialog will open.)

Replace in Files

Control+Shift+R

Perform text search-and-replace. (Replace in Path dialog will open.)

Refactor

Perform one of the refactorings available for the selected item.

For example, you can rename, move and copy files and directories.

Bookmarks

Add the selected item to an existing or new list of bookmarks.

Show Thumbnails

View thumbnails for image files located in the selected directory. (The Thumbnails tool window will open.)

Reformat Code

Control+Alt+L

Reformat the source code in the selected file or in all files in the current directory.

See also, Reformat and rearrange code.

Delete

Delete

Delete the selected item. Use with care!

Run '<item_name>'

Control+Shift+F10

Run a test configuration.

Debug '<item_name>'

Control Shift D

Debug a test configuration.

Run '<item_name>' with Coverage

Use this command to run a test configuration with coverage.py. To enable Coverage, select the Use bundle coverage.py checkbox in Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Coverage.

Profile '<item_name>'

With this command you can attach a Python profiler to the current run/debug configuration.

Concurrency Diagram for '<item_name>'

With this command you can run the concurrency visualization session with the current run/debug configuration.

Local History

View local history for the selected file or directory, or to create a label for the current version of your project.

Synchronize '<item_name>'

Synchronize the view in the tool window with the view saved in the file system.

If you change a file or directory contents externally, PyCharm, under certain circumstances, may not be aware of the corresponding changes unless you use this command.

Open in Right Split

Shift+Enter

Split the editor into two parts and show the file in the right section. For more information, refer to Split screen.

Open in

Open a file in your system file manager or in Terminal.

Open in terminal

Use this command to open the directory corresponding to the selected item in the terminal.

Compare With

Control+D

Compare the selected file or directory with another file or directory. See Compare files, folders, and text sources and Differences viewer for folders.

Compare File with Editor

Compare the selected file with the file open on an active editor tab. See Compare files, folders, and text sources and Differences viewer for files.

Mark Directory As

Make the selected directory a source root or a test source root , to make the directory excluded, and so on.

The necessary category for the directory is selected from the submenu.

For more information about the categories for directories, refer to Content root.

Diagrams

Command Alt Shift U or Command Alt U

Open a diagram (for example, a UML diagram) for the selected item.

Create Gist

Use this command to share code by using gists.