CLion Features in Different Languages
Tables below show which CLion feature is available for which language.
In addition to the presented languages, CLion supports TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Less, Sass/SCSS, Stylus, XSLT and XPath by default, and many other languages (e.g. Rust, Fortran, Swift, Kotlin/Native) via plugins.
Main features
| C/C++ | Objective- C/C++ | Python | Java- Script | HTML | CSS | XML | JSON | YAML* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recognized file types |  | | | | | | | | |
| Syntax highlighting | | | | | | | | | |
| Formatting | |  | | | | | | | |
| Debug | | | | |  | | | | |
* Basic YAML support can be extended with plugins: SnakeYAMLPlugin and YAML/Ansible support
** To enable code styles and color schemes for Objective-C/C++, set the clion.enable.objc.settings field in the Registry (see Objective-C/C++ Support for instructions).
Code analysis and assistance
| C/C++ | Objective- C/C++ | Python | Java- Script | HTML | CSS | XML | JSON | YAML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code inspection | | | | | | | | | |
| Quick fixes | | | | | | | | | |
| Intention actions | | | | | | | | | |
| Code completion | | | | | | | |  | |
| Smart completion | | | | | | | | | |
* Code completion is performed based on JSON schema
Navigation and search
| C/C++ | Objective- C/C++ | Python | Java- Script | HTML | CSS | XML | JSON | YAML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Find usages | | | | | | | | | |
| GoTo actions | | | | | | | | | |
| Type hierarchy | | | | | | | | | |
| Method hierarchy | | | | | | | | | |
| Import hierarchy | | | | | | | | | |
| File structure view | | | | | | | | | |
| Related symbols | | | | | | | | | |
Refactorings
| C/C++ | Objective- C/C++ | Python | Java- Script | HTML | CSS | XML | JSON | YAML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change signature | | | | | | | | | |
| Extract / Inline | | | | | | | | | |
| Rename | | | | | | | | | |
| Copy | | | | | | | | | |
| Move | | | | | | | | | |
| Safe delete | | | | | | | | | |
Templates
| C/C++ | Objective- C/C++ | Python | Java- Script | HTML | CSS | XML | JSON | YAML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code templates | | | | | | | | | |
| Live templates | | | | | | | | | |
| File templates | | | | | | | | | |
* Google Test code templates are also available