Python documentation in PyCharm development environment

Question

I just started playing with PyCharm. It gets most of the basics, but it's hard for me to find Python documentation. I tried View | Quick Documentation View | Quick Documentation , and he says No Documentation Found . Is there any easy way to tweak this to show the documentation? I am looking for Python documentation. Description of functions / functions of the built-in libraries.

Answer 1

Just select the module you are interested in (either in the editor or in the External Libraries folder) and press CTRL + Q.

Usually an external link displays official documentation. Sometimes even some basic module description is available directly in the IDE.

Answer 2

Normally, highlighting a module and pressing Ctrl + Q will work for modules / classes / objects / functions in standard libraries. You can also try calling "help" in the python console, especially if what you want to get is what you need to import first. For example, to get the "Workbook" documentation, you can type help (openpyxl.Workbook) to find out more, simply by pressing Ctrl + Q, answer "No Documentation Found".