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Productive ways to move around in your project.
PyCharm is built atop IntelliJ IDEA, our platform for building IDEs. It thus shares functionality with all our IDE tools.
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42 Tips and Tricks (playlist)
Become an IDE champ with these bite-sized tips and tricks.
Activate Navigation Bar (tip)
Bring up the Navigation Bar as needed, let it disappear when finished.
Create New File With Navigation Bar (tip)
Activate the Navigation Bar and create a new file somewhere in the project tree.
Find Action (tip)
Skip memorizing keyboard shortcuts and speed search for actions instead.
Find In Path With Navigation Bar (tip)
Use keyboard and Navigation Bar to find files under a path.
Jump to Recent File (tip)
Use Recent Files to quickly jump to last-visited file.
Narrow Navigation Bar With Speed Search (tip)
Narrow and select from a long folder listing Navigation Bar by typing a speed search.
Navigate Cursor Position Back and Forth (tip)
Easily navigate back to where you were, or where you went.
Navigate Files With Navigation Bar (tip)
Move around your project tree and select files, from your keyboard, with the Navigation Bar.
Navigate to File (tip)
Jump to a file without using the Project Tool and your mouse.
Navigate to Symbol (tip)
Navigate your project by code, not files.
Navigation Bar Intro (playlist)
Move around files with keyboard, without wasting screen UI space
Open File With Navigation Bar (tip)
Open a file somewhere in the project tree using the keyboard and Navigation Bar.
Use Recent Files to Open Tool Window (tip)
From the Recent Files popup, open one of the IDE tool windows.