Customization in PyCharm

In PyCharm you can change the look, means the appearence and behaviour of your IDE to enhance the workflow, we simply call this procedures as cusomization.

Themes and Color Schemes:

You can change the look or appearence of your PyCharm by choosing different themes and color schemes. To do this, simply go to the “settings” icon on the top right corner and click on the “theme” tab and choose your preferred thems for your PyCharm. Or simply you can search on the search icon and type the specific tool name and dirrectly access it from there. I have already provide the image above in the first example, and for the seach icon, I have provided an image of it in the steps needed section on the 2nd point. You can check that too.

Keymap Customization:

You can simply go to the “settings” icon on the top right corner and go to the “settings” bar. From there by clicking on the “keymap” option you can choose different keymap settings to customize it and also you can add different key-board shortcuts as well. I have also provided the image above to find this in the “Keymaps configutation” section.

Plugins and Extensions:

As we’ve dicussed this above, PyCharm does support a variety of plugins and extensions that help us cutomize our IDE. These extensions can extend the functionality of our IDE. You can choose your preferred plugins, install them and configure your chosen plugins and it’ll help in supporting different programming languages and frameworks. I have provided the requied images above as well to understand well.

Tool Windows Layout:

You can simply go to the settings tab and search for “tool window layout”. According to your need you can customize your window layout. Arrange the tool window within your PyCharm and customize the layout of your tool so that you can maximize your workspace efficiency. You can simply drag and drop the tool windows to the locations you prefer.

Python is a very popular language, mainly known for its easy syntax and extensive libraries. It is mostly used in Data Domains and Development Fields as well. For writing our code and executing it we use an environment, called IDE or Integrated Development Environment. Likewise one of the very popular IDEs in the programming world is PyCharm. Python can be done in PyCharm with ease. PyChram is widely used to code, run and execute, customize and configure, and many more. In this article, we’ll discuss in detail about customization and Configuration in PyChram. In this article, we will learn how to customize and configure PyCharm.