Keyboard shortcuts

Accessing common commands quickly

Keyboard shortcuts

Everything you can do with a menu and a mouse has a keyboard shortcut. Menu+mouse is easier to learn, but keyboard shortcuts will make you about 30% more productive once you master them.

Rule of thumb: If you use the same mouse+menu commands over and over, learn the keyboard shortcut instead. Try to learn a shortcut or two each week.

I’ve highlighted my most-used keyboard shortcuts in the official cheatsheets from PyCharm:

Last modified January 23, 2025.