Appearance

Use this page to change the overall look and feel of your IDE.

Option	Description
Theme	Select the UI theme from the list. By default, you can choose between a light, a dark, and a high-contrast theme. You can install other themes as plugins. For more information, refer to User interface themes.
Sync with OS	Detect the current system settings and use a dark or light theme accordingly. Click to select the color scheme and the that will be applied when the settings are synced with your OS. Sync with OS is not supported on Linux.
Editor color scheme	Select a color scheme that defines the colors, fonts, and syntax highlighting for various text resources. The default color scheme for the current theme is indicated in the list. Click to navigate to color scheme settings, export a scheme to a file, or import a color scheme.

Option

Description

Theme

Select the UI theme from the list. By default, you can choose between a light, a dark, and a high-contrast theme. You can install other themes as plugins. For more information, refer to User interface themes.

Sync with OS

Detect the current system settings and use a dark or light theme accordingly.

Click to select the color scheme and the that will be applied when the settings are synced with your OS.

Editor color scheme

Select a color scheme that defines the colors, fonts, and syntax highlighting for various text resources.

The default color scheme for the current theme is indicated in the list.

Click to navigate to color scheme settings, export a scheme to a file, or import a color scheme.

Accessibility

Option	Description
Zoom	Zoom in and out the entire IDE, increasing or decreasing the size of all UI elements at once. You can also access this setting from the main menu: select View \| Appearance \| Zoom IDE.
Use custom font	Specify custom font family and size to use in the PyCharm UI.
Support screen readers	Enable screen reader support for PyCharm. For more information, refer to Accessibility features.
Use contrast scrollbars	Make the editor scrollbar more visible.
Adjust colors for red-green vision deficiency	Adjust UI colors to better perceive colors in case of protanopia and deuteranopia.

UI Options

Option	Description
Compact mode	In this mode, the IDE has the reduced heights for toolbars and tool window headers, scaled-down spacings and paddings, and smaller icons and buttons. This mode is suitable for smaller screens.
Always show full path in window header	Show the full path to the project and to the current file in the main window header. When disabled, the header will show only the name of the project and file.
Use project colors in main toolbar	Use colored headers to simplify navigation between several open projects. For more information, refer to Configure the toolbar color.
Show main menu in a separate toolbar	(Windows and Linux) Display the main menu as a separate toolbar. The main menu is the standard menu bar of the application window with File, Edit, View, and other menus.
Drag-and-drop with Alt pressed only	Avoid accidentally moving files, editor tabs, tool window buttons, and other UI components. When enabled, hold the `Alt` key to move things around. By default, this option is disabled, and you can move everything without any extra keys.
Smooth scrolling	Scroll the UI smoothly, pixel-by-pixel, instead of line-by-line. This also enables animated smooth scrolling for Windows and Linux by default. You can disable it to use precise scrolling instead: press `Ctrl+Shift+A`, find and open the Smooth Scroll Options dialog, and disable the Animated smooth scrolling checkbox. In this dialog, you can also set the duration of the scroll animation and change the appearance of the animation based on https://cubic-bezier.com/#.17,.67,.83,.67.
Enable mnemonics in controls	Underline hotkeys that you can press to use controls in dialogs.
Enable mnemonics in menu	Underline hotkeys that you can press to execute a menu action.
Display icons in menu items	Show icons to the left of the items in the main menu and context menus.
Merge main menu with window title	(Windows and Linux) Show the main menu and the IDE window title on the same bar.
Keep popups open for toggle items	When this feature is enabled, menus stay open while you enable or disable options. Menus will close after you switch focus to another UI element or press `Escape`.
Background Image	Configure a custom background image for the IDE.

Tree Views

Item	Description
Show indent guides	Display vertical lines that mark indent levels in tree views, for example, in the Project tool window. These lines can help you better understand the hierarchy of the components in your project.
Use smaller indents	Decrease the amount of space between the tool window border and the text in tree views, for example, in the Project tool window.

Tool Windows

Item	Description
Show tool window bars	Show the tool window bars around the edges of the main window. For more information, refer to Tool window bars and buttons.
Show tool window names	Display tool window names on the tool window bars.
Widescreen tool window layout	Optimize the layout of tool windows for wide-screen displays: maximize the height of vertical tool windows by limiting the width of horizontal tool windows. For more information, refer to Optimize for wide-screen monitors.
Side-by-side layout on the left	Show the tool windows that are attached to the top and bottom edges on the left side in two columns. For more information, refer to Optimize for wide-screen monitors.
Side-by-side layout on the right	Show the tool windows that are attached to the top and bottom edges on the right side in two columns. For more information, refer to Optimize for wide-screen monitors.
Remember size for each tool window	Remember individual width of every tool window when you reopen or switch between them. For more information, refer to Save custom tool window sizes.

Presentation Mode

Item	Description
Zoom	Zoom in or out the entire IDE in the presentation mode.

Antialiasing

Option	Description
IDE	Select which antialiasing mode you want to apply to the IDE (including menus, tool windows, and so on): Subpixel: this option is recommended for LCD displays and takes advantage of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is composed of red, green and blue sub-pixels. This allows smoothing text and rendering it with greater detail. Greyscale: this option is recommended for non-LCD displays or displays positioned vertically. It deals with text at the pixel level. No antialiasing: this option can be used for displays with high resolution, where non-antialiased fonts are rendered faster and may look better.
Editor	Select which antialiasing mode you want to apply to the editor: Subpixel: this option is recommended for LCD displays and takes advantage of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is composed of red, green and blue sub-pixels. This allows smoothing text and rendering it with greater detail. Greyscale: this option is recommended for non-LCD displays or displays positioned vertically. It deals with text at the pixel level. No antialiasing: this option can be used for displays with high resolution, where non-antialiased fonts are rendered faster and may look better.

Option

Description

IDE

Select which antialiasing mode you want to apply to the IDE (including menus, tool windows, and so on):

Subpixel: this option is recommended for LCD displays and takes advantage of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is composed of red, green and blue sub-pixels. This allows smoothing text and rendering it with greater detail.
Greyscale: this option is recommended for non-LCD displays or displays positioned vertically. It deals with text at the pixel level.
No antialiasing: this option can be used for displays with high resolution, where non-antialiased fonts are rendered faster and may look better.

Editor

Select which antialiasing mode you want to apply to the editor:

Subpixel: this option is recommended for LCD displays and takes advantage of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is composed of red, green and blue sub-pixels. This allows smoothing text and rendering it with greater detail.
Greyscale: this option is recommended for non-LCD displays or displays positioned vertically. It deals with text at the pixel level.
No antialiasing: this option can be used for displays with high resolution, where non-antialiased fonts are rendered faster and may look better.

Last modified: 12 November 2024