PyCharm autocomplete

Question

I'm completely new to Python and PyCharm and I cannot figure out why PyCharm doesn't auto-completes very simple cases such as:

import pickle

pickle.dum[control+space or control+shift+space results nothing here]

I have PyCharm 2.6.2 and Python 2.7.1. What's wrong?

Add:

I'm on Mac OS 10.7.3

can you run python projects from pycharm? I dunno it works fine for me and i didnt do any kind of special setup... — Joran Beasley, Sep 20 '12 at 17:15

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '12 at 18:05

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Can't reproduce. Make sure you have a valid Python interpreter configured for the project. Also try File | Invalidate Caches.

pickle

answered Sep 20 '12 at 18:05

CrazyCoder

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Thank you CrazyCoder, cache invalidation didn't help and if I can run simple python scripts and see their output doesn't this mean that I properly configured interpreter? or something can still be missing in project configuration? **add:** autocomplete works for "pickle" in import, but not as at your sceenshot – user1686703 Sep 20 '12 at 18:41
Project interpreter can be different from the one used in the run configuration. – CrazyCoder Sep 20 '12 at 18:44
I've checked it on Mac 10.8.2 with system default Python 2.7.2 and it also works fine. View | Quick Documentation should show where the completion is taken from: http://o7.no/P3t3Mg. – CrazyCoder Sep 20 '12 at 18:56
thanks a lot! after playing with interpreter and project settings I got it working – user1686703 Sep 20 '12 at 18:56
Worked for me trying to get praw completion and documentation working after installing in-IDE. Surprising that cache invalidation was necessary, though. Thank you! – Brian Jordan May 25 '13 at 23:18

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 12 '15 at 15:53

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My experience is if you turn ON the File -> Power-Save Mode, all background tasks will be stopped, including the Auto-Complete task. So you can try turning off the Power-Save Mode.

answered Jul 12 '15 at 15:53

Simon

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thanks a lot, dear, Its really help me get back my autocomplete feature with CSS file. – Jaison James Jul 02 '17 at 06:01

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 10 '17 at 17:34

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You could try with a virtualenv and on it install all you project dependencies and the go to pycharm preferences/Project Interpreter and it will update your project dependencies.

Project Inspector

answered Apr 10 '17 at 17:34

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 06 '17 at 17:42

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I changed the projector interpreter and it works fine now.

answered Nov 06 '17 at 17:42

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 08 '17 at 03:31

It happened to me, too. But all the previous answers don't solve my issue.

The weird thing is when I am coding, it will pump out the autocomplete for me. But once I leave the autocomplete mode, I cannot reproduce the autocomplete by typing Ctrl + Space.

So the work I already surveyed are

Make sure the config(e.g., virtualenv) is right in Pycharm
Make sure Pycharm can show autocomplete
Make sure I am not in the Power Safe Mode

Finally I solved this just because my shortcut of switch language in the Mac is also Ctrl + Space, so it's kind of override my shortcut in the Pycharm. I change the shortcut in the Pycharm by changing in Pycharm-> Preference-> Keymap-> Main menu-> Code-> Completion ->Basic

Then the problem is solved

PyCharm autocomplete

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