Useful Pycharm Keyboard Shortcuts

Last Updated : 16 Oct, 2023

Pycharm is a popular Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Python. It was developed by JetBrains. It provides a wide range of features to enhance productivity. It provides code analysis, integrated unit testing, a debugger, integration with version control, and also supports web development in Django and Flask.

Pycharm Brief Overview

Intelligent Code assistance - Pycharm offers intelligence like code completion, inspections, and quick fixes. It offers context-based completions.
Robust Debugger - Pycharm debugger offers features like breakpoints, watches, and variable exploration.
Testing - Pycharm provides many wide range of testing frameworks.
Advanced refactoring - Renaming variable names, methods, and classes is simple in Pycharms refactoring tools.
Integration with Web Technologies - Pycharm supports web development in Django and Flask. It also supports database management.

Pycharm has many tools, in which keyboard shortcuts are one of the powerful ways to navigate, code, and debug swiftly.

Keyboard Shortcuts in PyCharm

Let's see some important keyboard shortcuts in Pycharm IDE.

CREATE AND EDIT

Keyboard Shortcut	Task/Command
Alt + Enter	Show intention actions
Ctrl + Space	Basic code completion
Ctrl + Shift + Space	Smart code completion
Ctrl + Alt + Space	Typename completion
Ctrl + Shift + Enter	Complete Statement
Ctrl + P / Alt + Q	Parameter information / context info
Ctrl + Shift + I	Quick Definition
Ctrl + Q / Shift + F1	Quick / external documentation
Alt + Insert	Generate code
Ctrl + O / Ctrl + I	Override / implement members
Ctrl + X / Ctrl + C / Ctrl + V	Cut / Сopy / Paste
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copy document path
Ctrl + D	Duplicate current line or selection
Ctrl + Shift + Up / Down	Move line up/down
Ctrl + Y	Delete line at caret
Ctrl + Shift + J / Ctrl + Enter	join or split line
Shift + Enter	Start new line
Ctrl + S	Save all

VERSION CONTROL

Keyboard Shortcut	Task/command
Alt + `	VCS operations popup…
Ctrl + K	commit
Ctrl + T	Update project
Alt + Shift + C	recent changes
Ctrl + Alt + Z	Revert
Ctrl + Shift + K	Push
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Down / Up	Next / previous change

FIND/REPLACE

Keyboard Shortcut	Task/Command
Double Shift	Search everywhere
Ctrl + Shift + F / R	Find in path / Replace in path
Ctrl + F / R	Find / replace
F3 / Shift + F3	Next / previous occurence
Ctrl + F3	Find word at caret
Ctrl + N / Ctrl + Shift + N	Go to class/file
Ctrl + F12	Go to file member
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N	Go to symbol

REFACTOR AND CLEAN UP

Keyboard Shortcut	Task/Command
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T	Refactor this
F5 / F6	Copy/ Move
Shift + F6	Rename
Shift + Delete	Safe Delete
Ctrl + Alt + L	Reformat Code

BUILD, RUN, AND DEBUG

Keyboard Shortcut	Task/Command
Ctrl + Shift + F10	Run context configuration
F8 / F7	Step over / into
Shift + F7	Smart step into
Shift + F8	Step out
Alt + F9 / Ctrl + Alt + F9	Run to cursor / Force run to cursor
Alt + F10	Show execution point
F9	Resume Program

There are many more shortcuts other than these. These are some main shortcuts you will use often while using Pycharm. You can learn more shortcuts from official document of JetBrains - Pycharm keyboard shortcuts.

Mastering keyboard shortcuts is a key aspect for coding efficiently and swiftly. Regular experiment with these shortcuts in projects helps to increase productivity and coding experience.

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