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User interface

Last modified: 22 November 2024

When you open a project in PyCharm, the default user interface looks as follows:

The main window overview
  1. Window header contains a set of widgets which provide quick access to the most popular actions: project widget, VCS widget, and run widget. It also allows you to open Code With Me, Search Everywhere, and Settings.

  2. Project tool window on the left side displays your project files.

  3. Editor on the right side, where you actually write your code. It has tabs for easy navigation between open files.

  4. Context menus open when you right-click an element of the interface or a code fragment and show the actions available.

  5. Navigation bar allows you to quickly navigate the project folders and files.

  6. Gutter, the vertical stripe next to the editor, shows the breakpoints you have, and provides a convenient way to navigate through the code hierarchy like going to definition/declaration. It also shows line numbers and per-line VCS history.

  7. Scrollbar, on the right side of the editor. PyCharm constantly monitors the quality of your code by running code inspections. The indicator in the top right-hand corner shows the overall status of code inspections for the entire file.

  8. Tool windows are specialized windows attached to the bottom and the sides of the workspace. They provide access to typical tasks such as project management, source code search and navigation, integration with version control systems, running, testing, debugging, and so on.

  9. The status bar indicates the status of your project and the entire IDE, and shows various warnings and information messages like file encoding, line separator, inspection profile, and so on. It also provides quick access to the Python interpreter settings.

Depending on the set of plugins, PyCharm edition, and configuration settings, your IDE may look and behave differently.

See more details on PyCharm UI in the video tutorial: