My go-to editor for python development is VSCode. However, there were a few times where I used to waste a lot of time in fixing silly mistakes, particularly while calling the methods or variables of an object. I noticed that when we invoke a wrong method call for an object, vs-code doesn’t hightlight it. It highlights only the incorrect methods, variables or modules in the local namespace.
So, I tried to give pycharm a try. However, I soon realised the common keyboard shortcuts that were on my fingertips in VSCode and which made my development easier were needed in pycharm too. This is a post where is list down some of the shortcuts that I use frequetly. I listed it down here so that I can refer to this in the future.
Note: Pycharm is developed by Intellij. So these shortcuts will remain common for all the IDEs created by Intellij
Open files / dialogs 🔗
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| ⌘ E | Open Dialog contaning the list of recently opened files |
| fn ⌥ 9 | Open / Toggle git tool window |
| fn ⌥ f12 | Open / Toggle terminal emulator |
Navigation in File 🔗
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| fn ⌘ ← | Go to the top of the file |
| fn ⌘ → | Go to the end of the file |
| ⌃ G | Select the current / next word under the cursor |
| ⌃ ⇧ G | Unselect the next occurence |
| ⌃ ⌘ G | Select all occurrences |
| ⌘ G | Go to next occurence |
| ⌘ L | Go to line |
Navigation in Project 🔗
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| ⌘ B | Go to definition |
| ⌥ ⌘ ← | Go back to the previous cursor location |
| ⌥ ⌘ → | Go forward to the previous cursor location |
| fn ⌥ f7 | Find usage of the word under the cursor |
Add code 🔗
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| fn ⌥ ↩ | Import name under the cursor |