Open, reopen, and close projects

Last modified: 16 March 2023

Opening a project

Open your project from disk

  1. Do one of the following:

    • From the main menu, select File |Open.

    • On the Welcome Screen, select Projects, and then click Open.

  2. In the Open File or Project dialog that opens, find the location of the desired project directory. The DataSpell projects are marked with JB IDE project and projects created in other IDEs or in a dedicated editor are marked with a directory icon.

  3. Click Open (on Mac) or OK (on Windows).

Open a project from Git

  1. Do one of the following:

    • On the Welcome Screen, select Projects, and then click Get from Version Control.

    • From the main menu, select VCS | Get from Version Control.

  2. Select the version control system where your project is stored. Here it is Git:

    Open a project from VCS

  3. Specify the path to the repository and select the directory to which a project will be cloned. Alternatively, you can select GitHub on the left, login using your credentials, and select any project you want to work with.

  4. Click Clone.

Once you have opened the project, you should configure Python interpreter for it, and set up your project.

Managing multiple projects

DataSpell suggests the following alternatives to work with several projects simultaneously:

  1. Projects are added to DataSpell workspace.

  2. Each project is opened in its own window. The projects are independent and cannot share information, except for the Clipboard operations. All the projects run in the same instance of DataSpell and use the same memory space.

  3. A newly opened project shares the same window as the already opened one. The project that has already been opened is considered the primary project, and is always shown first in the Project tool window. All the other projects are attached to the primary project. You can import classes and methods from dependent projects

Add a project to the workspace

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Select File | Add Directory or Project from the main menu.

    • Click App actions new folder in the toolbar of the Workspace tool window.

    Adding an existing directory to the workspace

  2. Find the desired project directory in your file system.

Open multiple projects

  • Open a project, while another one is already opened.

    Then, depending on the option selected in the Project Opening section of the System Settings page of the Settings dialog (), DataSpell can ask you for the following alternatives:

    • If the New Window option is selected, the new project silently opens in a new window. The Attach option appears in the File menu.

    • If the This Window option is selected, the new project silently opens in the same window, replacing the currently opened project. The Attach Project command appears in the File menu.

    • If the Attach option is selected, DataSpell attaches the new project to the currently opened project. The project that has already been opened is the primary project.

      Open the project in the current window, new window, or attach it to the existing project

You can close a project that has been added to the currently opened one (primary project).

Remove a project from view

  1. In the Workspace tool window, right-click the project to be deleted.

  2. From the context menu of the selection, choose Detach or press :

When DataSpell starts, the most recent project reopens by default (unless this option is disabled on the System Settings page of the Settings dialog ().

Reopening recent projects

DataSpell keeps the history list of the recent projects, from which you can select the desired one.

When DataSpell starts, the most recent project reopens by default (unless this option is disabled on the System Settings page of the Settings dialog ().

Open a recent project

  • Call File | Recent Projects from the main menu and select the desired project from the list.

    Note that the list also contains the projects that share one window.

    Specify whether you want to open the project in a new window, reuse the current window, or attach it to the currently opened project.

  • On the Welcome screen, click Projects on the left-hand pane and then select the project of interest in the right-hand pane where the list of your recent projects is shown. Start typing in the Search projects field to filter the list of recent projects.

Closing projects

If you need to close only one project, you can either close the project window or select File | Close Project from the main menu.

If you work with multiple projects, use the following actions to close many projects at once:

Close all projects

  • From the main menu, select File | Close All Projects.

    This action closes all projects that are currently opened in DataSpell.

Close all but the current project

  • From the main menu, select File | Close Other Projects.

    This action closes all opened projects except the current one.

When you have only one open project and you close it, DataSpell displays the Welcome screen. In case of multiple projects, each one is closed with its frame.

Remove a project from the list of recent projects

  • Click Recent Projects on the File menu, then click Manage Projects at the very bottom of the recent project list.

  • Click the App general gear plain icon next the project that you want to remove. The selected project will be removed from the list of recent projects in the Recent Projects menu and on the Welcome screen.

Switching between projects

To switch between open projects, you can use the following commands of the Window menu:

  • Window | Next Project Window

  • Window | Previous Project Window

  • Window | <ProjectNameOrLocation>