CLion features in different languages

Tables below show what CLion features are available for each of the supported languages.

In addition to the presented languages, CLion also supports TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Less, Sass/SCSS, Stylus, XSLT, and XPath by default, and many other languages via plugins (for example, Rust, Fortran, Swift).

Main features

Language	C/C++	Objective- C/C++	Python	Java- Script	HTML	CSS	XML	JSON	YAML*
Recognized file types
Syntax highlighting
Formatting
Debug

* Basic YAML support can be extended with plugins: SnakeYAMLPlugin and YAML/Ansible support
** To enable code styles and color schemes for Objective-C/C++, set the clion.enable.objc.settings field in the Registry (see Objective-C/C++ Support for instructions).

Code analysis and assistance

Language	C/C++	Objective- C/C++	Python	Java- Script	HTML	CSS	XML	JSON	YAML
Code inspection
Quick fixes
Intention actions
Code completion
Smart completion

* Code completion is performed based on JSON schema

Navigation and search

Language	C/C++	Objective- C/C++	Python	Java- Script	HTML	CSS	XML	JSON	YAML
Find usages
GoTo actions
Type hierarchy
Method hierarchy
Import hierarchy
File structure view
Related symbols

Refactorings

Language	C/C++	Objective- C/C++	Python	Java- Script	HTML	CSS	XML	JSON	YAML
Change signature
Extract / Inline
Rename
Copy
Move
Safe delete

Templates

Language	C/C++	Objective- C/C++	Python	Java- Script	HTML	CSS	XML	JSON	YAML
Code templates
Live templates
File templates

* Google Test code templates are also available

Last modified: 08 March 2021