Smart Keys
Use this page to enable or disable specific smart keys and to define which actions you want to be invoked automatically.
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Home moves caret to first non-whitespace character | When this checkbox is selected, on pressing Home, the caret is positioned at the first non-whitespace character of the current line. Pressing Home subsequently moves the caret from the Smart Home position to the first column and back. |
End on blank line moves caret to indent position | When this checkbox is selected, on pressing End in an empty line, the caret is positioned with the indent, which PyCharm assumes to be reasonable in the current code point (indentation is based on the current Code Style Settings). |
Insert pair brackets (), [], {}, <> | Select this checkbox to have PyCharm automatically add a closing bracket for each typed opening bracket, respectively. |
Insert pair quote | Select this checkbox to have PyCharm automatically add a closing single or double quote for each typed opening single or double quote, respectively. See page Create documentation comments |
Reformat block on typing '}' | If this checkbox is selected, then, on typing the closing curly brace, the enclosed code block is reformatted automatically if the formatting of this code block does not match the selected code style. |
Use "CamelHumps" words | Select this checkbox to have PyCharm discern separate words within CamelHump names. Words within a name should start with a capital letter or an underscore. This option impacts some editor actions, for example:
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Honor "CamelHumps" words settings when selecting on double click | Select this checkbox to have PyCharm invoke the CamelHumps selection when words are selected by double-clicking. This feature works only if the Use 'CamelHumps' words option is enabled. |
Surround selection on typing quote or brace | If this checkbox is selected, the selected text on typing a quote, double-quote or brace, will be surrounded with these characters. If this checkbox is not selected, then the typed quotes, double-quotes or braces will replace the selection. |
Add multiple carets on double Ctrl with arrow keys | If this checkbox is selected, then:
For more information, refer to the Multicursor section. |
Jump outside closing bracket/quote with Tab when typing | If this checkbox is selected, pressing Tab when typing inside brackets/quotes will move the caret outside the closing bracket/quote. If this checkbox is not selected, pressing Tab will insert the Note that this only works on initial typing: during subsequent editing, pressing Tab inside brackets/quotes will insert the |
Enter | Use this area to define the actions to be invoked by pressing Enter.
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Unindent on Backspace | Use this list to define the actions to be invoked by pressing Backspace key. The available options are:
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Reformat on paste | Use this list to specify how to place pasted code blocks. The available options are:
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Reformat again to remove custom line breaks | When this option is enabled, invoking the Reformat Code Ctrl+Alt+L or Reformat File Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L actions the second time after the code has been reformatted will remove custom line breaks. When the option is disabled, invoking the actions the second time opens a dialog in which you need to confirm removing line breaks first. Click Don't ask again in the dialog to never remove custom line breaks when you reformat code for the second time. |
Smart indent pasted lines | If this checkbox is selected, the pasted lines are indented relative to the current caret location. Otherwise, the pasted lines are indented relative to the first column. |
Insert backslash when pressing Enter inside the statement |
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Insert 'self' when defining a method | If this checkbox is selected, the If this checkbox is cleared, only closing brace is generated automatically. When necessary, use the suggested quick-fix to insert |
Insert type placeholders in the documentation comment stub | If this checkbox is selected, then the placeholders for parameters, types and return types will be generated:
"""
:param a:
:type a:
:return:
:rtype:
"""
If this checkbox is not selected, then only the placeholders for parameters and return will be generated:
"""
:param a:
:return:
"""
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Insert 'type' and 'rtype' to the documentation comment stub | If this checkbox is selected, the documentation comment stub will contain |
Auto-insert closing | If this checkbox is selected, the closing characters will be automatically inserted after typing the opening ones. |
AngularJS | Use this area to define the behavior of AngularJS:
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