View source file structure

PyCharm allows you to view and navigate the structure of a file in the Structure tool window and the Structure popup.

You can see the VCS status color hints in the Structure tool window and Structure popup if your project is under version control. It helps you track changes in files. The names of modified objects become blue, and the names of the newly added objects appear in the tool window highlighted in green.

The popup provides less information than the tool window, but it allows you to navigate the structure faster due to the Narrow down on typing option.

Open a file in the editor and in the main menu, go to Navigate | File Structure or press Ctrl+F12.
In the popup, start typing the name of the element that you want to find. You can also use wildcards. The IDE will narrow down the search results as you type.
You can additionally narrow down your search results by using the checkboxes in the popup. To change the sorting, click and select the necessary option.
Press Enter or click an item to close the popup and navigate to the selected element in the editor.

Inherited members: Displays all methods and fields inherited by the current class and accessible from it. The inherited members are displayed gray to distinguish them from the members defined in the current class.

Alphabetically: Sorts elements within a class alphabetically.
Narrow down on typing: Hides irrelevant items as you type. When this option is disabled, the IDE highlights all items that match your search query without hiding irrelevant items.

Structure tool window

Open a file in the editor or select it in the Project tool window.
In the main menu, go to View | Tool Windows | Structure or press Alt+7.
In the tool window, start typing the name of the element that you want to find. You can also use wildcards. The IDE will highlight the search results as you type.
You can additionally narrow down your search results or sort the items in the tool window by using the options located under .

View options

Sort

Alphabetically: Sorts elements within a class alphabetically.

Show

Fields: Displays all fields (properties) in the tree.
Inherited: Displays all methods and fields inherited by the current class and accessible from it. The inherited members are displayed gray to distinguish them from the members defined in the current class.
HTML Outline: (Only for HTML files) Displays HTML 5 outline of an HTML file
DDL statements: (Only for SQL files) Displays only DDL statements (for example, CREATE, ALTER, DROP, and other statements).
DML statements: (Only for SQL files) Displays only DML statements (for example, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and other statements).
Select statements: (Only for SQL files) Displays only SELECT statements.
Other: (Only for SQL files) Displays only statements that do not fall under the previous categories.

Show members in the Project tool window

In the Project tool window Alt+1, click in the title bar and select Tree Appearance | Show Members.

Last modified: 14 February 2024