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Code Style. Python

Last modified: 26 February 2025

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Use this page to configure formatting options for Python files. When you change these settings, the Preview pane shows how this will affect your code.

Tabs and Indents

Item

Description

Use tab character

Use the Tab key for indentation. When the checkbox is cleared, PyCharm uses spaces instead of tabs.

Smart tabs

  • If this checkbox is selected, the indentation for nested code blocks will use tabs and spaces as needed, while alignment indentation will use only spaces.

  • If this checkbox is cleared, only tabs are used. This means that a group of spaces that fits the specified tab size is automatically replaced with a tab, which may result in breaking fine alignment.

The Smart tabs checkbox is available if the Use tab character option is enabled.

Tab size

In this field, specify the number of spaces included in a tab.

Indent

In this field, specify the number of spaces to be inserted for each indent level.

Continuation indent

Specify the indentation for lines that continue from the previous line, making it clear that they are part of the same statement or block of code. Continuation indents are used when a single statement is too long to fit on one line.

Keep indents on empty lines

If this checkbox is selected, PyCharm will keep indents on the empty lines as if they contained some code.

If this checkbox is cleared, PyCharm will delete the tab characters and spaces.

Spaces

Use this tab to specify where you want spaces in your code. To have PyCharm automatically insert a space at a location, select the checkbox next to this location in the list. The results are displayed in the preview pane.

Wrapping and Braces

In this tab, customize the code style options, which PyCharm will apply on reformatting the source code. The left-hand pane contains the list of exceptions (Keep when reformatting), and placement and alignment options for the various code constructs (lists, statements, operations, annotations, and so on). The right-hand pane shows the preview.

Alignment takes precedence over indentation options.

Visual guides

Use the Visual guides field to specify multiple right margins. You can leave a default value or enter the number of spaces for your margin. If you want to specify several margins, enter numbers separated by comma.

Keep when reformatting

Use the checkboxes to configure exceptions that PyCharm will make when reformatting the source code. For example, by default, the Line breaks checkbox is selected. If your code contains lines that are shorter than a standard convention, you can convert them by disabling the Line breaks checkbox before you reformat the source code.

Ensure right margin is not exceeded

If this checkbox is selected, the formatter will do its best to avoid having document lines exceeding the right margin. This option takes precedence over the Do not wrap wrapping style.

Force new line after colon

Use the checkboxes to add a new line after the colon in single-clause and multi-clause statements.

Hang closing brackets

Select this checkbox to make the closing bracket indented. This option is disabled by default.

Wrapping options

The wrapping style applies to the various code constructs, specified in the left-hand pane (for example, method call arguments, method declaration parameters, or assignment statements).

Item

Description

Wrapping style

From this list, select the desired wrapping style:

  • Do not wrap: when this option is selected, no special wrapping style is applied.

    With this option selected, the nested alignment and braces settings are ignored.

  • Wrap if long: select this option to have lines going beyond the right margin wrapped with proper indentation.

  • Wrap always: select this option to have all elements in lists wrapped, so that there is one element per line with proper indentation.

  • Chop down if long: select this option to have elements in lists that go beyond the right margin wrapped, so that there is one element per line with proper indentation.

Alignment options

Item

Description

Align when multiline

If this checkbox is selected, a code construct starts at the same column on each next line. Otherwise, the position of a code construct is determined by the current indentation level.

Place <character> on new line

Use this checkbox to have the corresponding statements or characters moved to the next line.

New line after <character>

Select this checkbox to have the code after the specified character moved to a new line.

Force parentheses if multiline

Select this option to have braces introduced automatically if a statement occupies more than one line.

Force trailing comma if multiline

Select this option to add a comma automatically, if a statement occupies more than one line.

Blank lines

Use this tab to define where and how many blank lines you want PyCharm to retain and insert in your code after reformatting. For each type of location, specify the number of blank lines to be inserted. The results are displayed in the preview pane.

Item

Description

Keep maximum blank lines

In this area, specify the number of blank lines to be kept after reformatting in the specified locations.

Minimum blank lines

In this area, specify the number of blank lines to be present in the specified locations.

warning

These settings do not influence the number of blank lines before the first and after the last item.

Imports

This table lists actions to be performed when imports are optimized.

Item

Description

Sort import statements

Select or clear this checkbox to enable or disable sorting imports within individual import groups according to PEP 8.

The following checkboxes affect the sorting order.

Sort imported names in "from" imports

If this checkbox is selected, the imports in the from ... import ... statements are sorted alphabetically.

Not selected

Selected

from sys import version, path, modules
from sys import modules, path, version

Sort plain and 'from' imports separately within a group

If this checkbox is not selected, the imports from the same module, regardless of their type, are grouped together, but so that import statements go first, and from ... import ... statements go next.

If this checkbox is selected, the imports are at first sorted by there type (first import, next from ... import ...), and then alphabetically.

Not selected

Selected

import os
from os import getenv
import sys
from sys import path
import os
import sys
from os import getenv
from sys import path

note

When the option Sort plain and 'from' imports separately within a group is deselected, it corresponds to the option --force-sort-within-sections of the utility isort.

Also, this sorting adheres to Google Python Style Guide.

Sort case-insensitively

This checkbox enables case-insensitive sorting of the import statements. By default, the import statements are sorted case-sensitively.

Not selected

Selected

from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.http import cookie
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.urls import reverse
from django.http import cookie
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.urls import reverse

Structure of "from" imports

Leave as is

If this checkbox is selected, the "from" imports won't be restructured.

Join imports with the same source

If this checkbox is selected, the "from" imports of the same source are combined.

Not selected

Selected

from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render

note

The option Join "from" imports with the same source corresponds to the --combine-as option of the utility isort.

Always split imports

If this checkbox is selected, the "from" imports are always placed separately.

Not selected

Selected

from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
from django.shortcuts import render

note

The option Always split imports corresponds to the --force-single-line-imports option of the utility isort.

Other

Item

Description

Dict alignment

From the drop-down list, select the type of dict alignment:

  • Do not align: the dict's elements in sequential lines will be not aligned.

  • Align on colon: the dict's elements in sequential lines will be aligned against the colon.

  • Align on value: the dict's elements in sequential lines will be aligned against the value.

Add line feed at the end of file

Select this checkbox to add line feed character at the end of file.

Use continuation indent for

Select the Method call argument checkbox to use continuation indent for a list of arguments and the Collections and comprehensions checkbox for multi-line collection literals and comprehensions. By default, the Method declaration parameters is selected, so that parameters within a method be indented using the continuation indent value. The value of the continuation indent is defined in the Tabs and Indents tab. If these checkboxes are not selected, then the indent value is used.

Set from...

Click this link to reveal the list of languages to be used as the base for the current language code style. Only the settings that are applicable to the current language are taken. All the other settings are not affected.

This link appears in the upper-right corner of the language-specific code style page, when applicable.

Click Reset to discard changes and return to the initial set of code style settings.

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