Viewing Inline Documentation
Quick Documentation Lookup helps you get quick information for any symbol, provided that this symbol has been supplied with Documentation comments in the applicable format. PyCharm recognizes inline documentation created in accordance with the JavaScript Documentation Tool format.
In this section:
- Viewing quick documentation.
- Changing font size in the quick documentation window.
- Toolbar of the quick documentation window.
To view documentation for a symbol at caret, do one of the following
- On the main menu, choose .
- Press Ctrl+Q.
- Provided that the check box Show quick doc on mouse move in the editor settings is selected, just move your mouse pointer over the desired symbol.
When you explicitly invoke code completion, then quick documentation for an entry selected in the suggestion list can be displayed automatically. The behavior of quick documentation lookup is configured in the Code Completion page of the Settings dialog.
To change the font size of quick documentation, do one of the following
- Click
in the upper-right corner of the quick documentation window, and move the slider. - Rotate the mouse wheel while keeping the Ctrl key pressed.
Quick Documentation Lookup Window
Toolbar of the Quick Documentation Lookup
The Quick Documentation Lookup window helps navigate to the related symbols via hyperlinks, and provides a toolbar for moving back and forth through the already navigated pages, change font size, and viewing documentation in an external browser.
When pinned, the Quick Documentation Lookup turns into Documentation Tool Window, with the corresponding sidebar icon, and more controls.
| Icon | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
 
| Shift+Alt+Left or Shift+Alt+Right | Switch to the previous or next documentation page (e.g. after using hyperlinks). |
| Shift+F1 | View external documentation in the default browser. |
| F4 | Switch to the item (e.g. source) that corresponds to the documentation page currently shown. |
| Turn the Auto-update from source option on or off. When the option is on, the information in the tool window is synchronized with your navigation in the editor and other places in the UI. | |
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| Click this icon to show font size slider. Move the slider to increase or decrease the font size in the quick documentation window as required. |