PyCharm 2017.1 Help

Enabling, Disabling and Removing Breakpoints

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Toggling between the enabled and disabled state of a breakpoint

When you temporarily disable or enable a breakpoint, its icon changes from /help/img/idea/2017.1/db_set_breakpoint.png to /help/img/idea/2017.1/disabled_breakpoint.png and vice versa.

  1. Place the caret at the desired line with a breakpoint.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • On the main menu, choose Run | Toggle Breakpoint Enabled:
      breakpointDisable.png
    • Right-click the desired breakpoint icon, select or deselect the <breakpoint name> enabled check box, and then clickDone.
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    • Alt -click on the breakpoint icon.

Disabling a breakpoint temporarily in the editor

When you temporarily disable a breakpoint, its icon changes from /help/img/idea/2017.1/db_set_breakpoint.png to /help/img/idea/2017.1/disabled_breakpoint.png.

Alternatively, open the Breakpoints dialog box, as described on page Accessing Breakpoint Properties, select the desired breakpoint, and clear the check box next to it or the Line <line number> in <file name> check box in the right-hand pane.

Enabling a temporarily disabled breakpoint in the editor

When you enable a temporarily disabled breakpoint, its icon changes from /help/img/idea/2017.1/disabled_breakpoint.png to /help/img/idea/2017.1/db_set_breakpoint.png.

  1. Place the caret at the desired line with a breakpoint.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Right-click the desired breakpoint icon, select the Line <line number> in <file name> check box in the pop-up dialog box that opens, and then clickDone.
    • With the Alt key pressed, click the breakpoint icon.

When you enable a temporarily disabled breakpoint, its icon changes from /help/img/idea/2017.1/disabled_breakpoint.png to /help/img/idea/2017.1/db_set_breakpoint.png.

Alternatively, open the Breakpoints dialog box, as described on page Accessing Breakpoint Properties, select the desired breakpoint, and select the check box next to it or the Line <line number> in <file name> check box in the right-hand pane.

Removing a breakpoint

To remove a breakpoint permanently, do one of the following:

Removing all breakpoints of a certain type

  1. On the main menu, chooseRun | View Breakpoints, or pressCtrl+Shift+F8.
  2. In the Breakpoints dialog, press the left arrow key to select the desired category.
  3. PressDelete.

All breakpoints of a certain type will be deleted.

See Also

Last modified: 26 July 2017