PyCharm Edu 2018.1 Help

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File | Settings | Editor | General | Appearance for Windows and Linux
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Use this page to customize the appearance of the Editor.

ItemDescription
Caret blinking (ms)Select this checkbox to make the caret blink with the specified period (in milliseconds).
Use block caretSelect this checkbox to have the block caret applied in the Insert mode and the usual caret applied in the Overwrite mode.
Clear this checkbox to have the usual caret applied in the Insert mode and the block caret applied in the Overwrite mode.
Show right margin (configured in Code Style options)Select this checkbox to have a thin vertical line at the right margin of the editor displayed. Refer to the description of the Code Style settings.
Show line numbersSelect this checkbox to have line numbering shown in the left gutter area.
Show method separators Select this checkbox to have thin lines displayed in classes, scripts or tests to separate methods.
Show whitespacesSelect this checkbox to have PyCharm Edu display white spaces or tabs (depending on the Code Style settings).
You can select the following options:
  • Leader - select this checkbox to add white spaces before your code line.
  • Inner - select this checkbox to display white spaces inside the line of your code.
  • Trailing - select this checkbox to display white spaces after the code line.
Show vertical indent guidesSelect this checkbox to have PyCharm Edu display vertical lines in the editor to indicate positions of indents and thus facilitate typing, manual formatting, reading, and maintaining code.
Show code lens on scrollbar hoverSelect this checkbox to enable lens mode .
Show breadcrumbsSelect this checkbox to show a breadcrumb trail on top of the editor tab for an HTML or an XML file. Reopen the editor for the changes to take effect.
breadcrumbs xml
(XML)
breadcrumbs
(HTML)
Show parameter name hints If the checkbox is selected, the parameter name hints appear in the editor for SQL. E.g. the column name hints may be shown for SQL INSERT statements.
DBParameterNameHintsON

Here is how the same statement is shown when this checkbox is not selected.

DBParameterNameHintsOFF

Click Configure to change the contents of the Blacklist.

Show CSS color preview icon in gutterSelect this checkbox to show color preview icons for the color values.
Show CSS color preview as backgroundIf this checkbox is selected, the background of the color value shows the color preview:
color preview background
Enable XML/HTML tag tree highlightingSelect this checkbox to show the hierarchy of tags highlighted with different colors. If this option is enabled, you can define the following options:
  • Levels to highlight: specify the depth of hierarchy to be highlighted.
  • Opacity: specify brightness of highlighting
tags highlighting

Highlighting is activated when there is more than one tag with the same name in the hierarchy.

Last modified: 23 July 2018