External Documentation

External Documentation

To view Python external documentation, you need to configure the documentation URL first. PyCharm comes with the URLs for pandas, wx, kivy, PySide, PyQt5, PyQt4, matplotlib, pyramid, flask, and gtk. You can modify the predefined set of URLs or add a new one in the project Settings/Preferences.

Refer to Configure External Documentation for more details.

Item	Description
Module Names	This column shows the names of the modules, whose documentation you want to have visible in browser on invoking View \| External Documentation, or pressing `Shift+F1`, for example, pandas.
URL Pattern	This column shows existing patterns of the URLs to the external documentation, or its local address, for example, https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/generated/{element.qname}.html If external documentation resides locally, specify the local path to it .
	Click this button to add to the list a new module and its URL pattern or local address.
	Click this button to change the name or URL pattern of the selected module. Double-clicking an entry in the table produces same result.
	Delete the selected module from the list.

Add/Edit Documentation URL

Item	Description
Module name	Type module name in the text field.
URL pattern	In this text field, create the desired pattern, using plain text and macros from the Available Macros field. Note that each documentation module has its specific structure, so be careful when adding macros.
Insert	Click this button to add the selected macro to the pattern.

Item

Description

Module name

Type module name in the text field.

URL pattern

In this text field, create the desired pattern, using plain text and macros from the Available Macros field.

Modifying the URL for the matplotlib documentation

Note that each documentation module has its specific structure, so be careful when adding macros.

Insert

Click this button to add the selected macro to the pattern.

Last modified: 08 March 2021