How to go back in PyCharm while browsing code like we have a back button in eclipse?

Question

While browsing the code in PyCharm(community edition) how to go back to the previously browsed section? I am looking for eclipse back button type functionality with Pycharm.

Solution 1

in pycharm you have view in view please make sure that toolbar is checked

Solution 2

You could use Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow (which is more convenient from my point of view) or clicking arrows as suggested.

Solution 3

Ubuntu 16.04 defines Ctrl + Alt + Left as a workspace switch shortcut

Then it does nothing on Pycharm.

So you have to either disable the Ubuntu shortcut with:

• dash
• keyboard
• shortcuts
• navigation

or redefine the PyCharm shortcuts to something else.

Linux distro desktop devs: please make all desktop system wide shortcuts contain the Super key.

Solution 4

You can also go to Navigate->Back

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Comments

[timedout]

Yeah, I can see the toolbar now. I tried to search about back button and never knew it could be in toolbar. Thanks.

[Harald Nordgren]

Yup. And Cmd + Alt + Left Arrow on OS X.

[eplaut]

Using ubuntu16.04 + PyCharm 2017.2.3 Alt + Left works by default

[Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com]

@eplaut hmmm, to me it seems to just go to the tab at the left, not to the previous code location (specially different since Ctrl + click to jump to definition reuses existing tabs).

[Nathan B]

Can you explain how to disable it on ubuntu?

[sagarr]

I simply change PyCharm keyboard shortcuts for Back and Forward to Alt+<- & Alt+-> iso of changing Ubuntu wokspace switcher shortcuts. Need to restart PyCharm after assigning new shortcuts.

[Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com]

@sagarr yes, this is also a valid solution, added to the answer.