Project Structure

Sources

Mark a folder as a source root. Such folder displays in the list of source roots.

If a folder is marked as a source root, it will be added to PYTHONPATH, and resolve will be performed against it.

This command is duplicated from the context menu of a content root.

Excluded

Mark a folder as an excluded root.

Usually, one would like to exclude temporary build folders, generated output, logs, and other project output. Excluding the unnecessary paths is a good way to significantly improve performance.

This command is duplicated from the context menu of a content root.

Templates

Mark a folder as a template root, where all the directories, containing templates in the supported template languages, are stored.

This command is duplicated from the context menu of a content root.

note

By default, the directory that has been defined as the templates folder on project creation, is marked as .

Note that if a directory is specified in the TEMPLATES_DIR of the settings.py file, then, on the first project opening, it is automatically marked as the template root.

Resources

Click this button to mark a folder as a resource root, for the static contents such as CSS or JavaScript files.

Add Content Root

Add a new root to the content roots . Click the button and navigate to the desired folder in the dialog that opens.

Remove Content Entry

Delete selected content root from the project.

Unmark

Remove marking of a content root and denote it with a regular directory icon .