How to find out which class I'm currently in in Pycharm?

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A rather simple question that I'm sure there's an answer to, I just can't seem to find it by searching

Sometimes I'm looking at or writing some code I want to double check or find out which class I'm in, is there an easier way I can find out without scrolling up to the class line?

score 25 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 10 '20 at 13:17

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Try ALT+Q, or Mac: Ctrl + Shift + Q for Mac as described in the PyCharm docs

edited Mar 10 '20 at 13:17

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answered Dec 17 '15 at 09:27

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Mac: Ctrl + Shift + Q – Vitaly Zdanevich Jul 25 '16 at 08:05
If you're in a method and a method header is out of the viewport, it displays just the method header, not class. – David Ferenczy Rogožan Oct 21 '16 at 20:17
But can you navigate to that point as well? Ideally with next / previous class shortcut, much like Alt + Up / Down for functions. – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Dec 22 '16 at 09:31
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Is it possible to show this information permanently in the upper part of the editor window? – JustAC0der Mar 10 '17 at 09:23
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@JustAC0der now it shows by default always under the editor: https://stackoverflow.com/a/45708386/895245 – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Aug 16 '17 at 08:24

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 16 '17 at 08:12

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Breadcrumb bar just under editor

As of Pycharm 2017.02, there is a breadcrumb navigation under every editor window that shows information like:

ClassName > FunctionName > for i in range(): > if True:

You can also click to go to any of those points in the code.

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score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '12 at 02:10

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Navigate | Select In... | Project View or File Structure, or you can keep Project or Structure view visible with the Autoscroll from Source option enabled.

It's also possible to use Navigate | File Structure for a pop-up showing your current position.

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Thanks, I can't seem to find the Autoscroll from source option though? – GP89 Jul 23 '12 at 08:29
Ah thank you, I found it but its got its own button under Structure. Does exactly what I wanted as I usually have the structure pane open all the time. – GP89 Jul 23 '12 at 09:36
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The File Structure view is quite clunky; is there no way to obtain a breadcrumb view in python, like one has when editing XML/HTML (ie http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/webhelp/navigating-with-breadcrumbs.html) ? I can't find any information about this, which is a bit baffling; surely it's possible to implement, otherwise the File Structure view would also be impossible to implement. – gamen Jul 30 '14 at 08:39
I think it is now called "Always select opened element" (instead of Autoscroll from source) under Structure that highlights the current method in the Structure pane. – omsrisagar Mar 09 '23 at 22:16

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 18 '18 at 13:25

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For mac it is: Ctrl + Shift + q.

answered Aug 18 '18 at 13:25

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How to find out which class I'm currently in in Pycharm?

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