In PyCharm how to go back to last location?

Question

Edit: my system had global key map which had overridden PyCharm. Here's the original question:

I've tried these answers, but nothing happened: Keyboard shortcut for Jump to Previous View Location (Navigate back/forward) in IntelliJ IDEA

For example:

1. I'm navigating to a function body,
2. put the cursor on a function call,
3. click F12 ("go to definition")
4. from the new location (the function's body), how do I return to the function call?

I've tried these, but they didn't do anything:

• Ctrl+Shift+Left
• Ctrl+Shift+F2 <-- this is my default mapping
• Alt+Shift+Left
• Ctrl+Shift+backspace
• don't try that on linux: Ctrl+Alt+backspace

Or maybe F12 ("go to def") isn't "strong enough" to trigger a location-change event?

Solution 1

All in all, it has nothing with PyCharm;

In my case, there was a global key combo of another program, that masked Ctrl-Alt-Left

I solve it by remapping "file > settings > keymap > main menu > navigate > back".

I chose Alt+Left, which intuitively feels likes web browsers "back" behavior.

Solution 2

Under ArchLinux with PyCharm CE 3.1 works the combination Ctrl + Alt + Left.

This is the way I find out the combination:

1. (Right click) Go To -> Implementation(s)

2. Double Shift -> Back

   

3. There is an option Back in the section Actions

4. Ctrl + Shift + A

   

5. And then the cursor comes back

Solution 3

In mac OS X (atleast in El Capitan) it is by default cmd + [ to go back to the previous location.

update: if that doesn't work also try option+cmd+left arrow

Solution 4

Update for year 2016 to at least 2020.1.1:

In PyCharm 2016+ on windows the correct default is Ctrl+Shift+Backspace

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/2016.2/navigating-to-next-previous-change.html

Be warned that Ctrl+Alt+Left will rotate your entire screen on Windows 10. If you're reading this with your head cocked sideways, Ctrl+Alt+Up will get you back vertical!

Solution 5

Alt + Shift + left

The above works with PyCharm 2016.3.2 if you select the keymap "default for GNOME".

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Comments

[Robino]

Ubuntu 18.04 bionic / PyCharm 2021.2>>>>>>Alt+Shift+Left

[Berry Tsakala]

thank you for the useful "actions" tip (upvoted, fwiw), but as i mention - ctrl-alt-left didn't work for me, hence, irrelevant. see my answer

[Melanie]

just a warning - on windows 7, ctrl-alt-left arrow rotates the screen!

[awesoon]

@Melanie, It is, probably, because of your graphics settings. As far as I remember, there is some shortcuts for rotating / mirroring / duplicating / etc. shortcuts in Intel Graphics module.

[Romain Jouin]

how do you that on a small keyboard with direct [ stroke ? I am on a mac book air 11 inch

[Dunes]

In version 2017.2.3 (probably before as well) this has been changed to alt-shift-left

[awesoon]

Both ctrl+alt+left and shift+alt+left works for me (pycharm 2017 2.3)

[Bobort]

But navigating to the previous change is different than navigating to the previous location. When I'm reading my code to understand it, I don't want to make a change to it.

[J.G.]

Unsurprisingly, you can then also "go forward again" using ctrl-alt-right.

[Benyamin Jafari - aGn]

Thanks for the guidance, it works. But alt+left was already taken for me to another action.

[Michele Piccolini]

On pycharm 2020 (linux) I have Shift-Alt-Left (not Ctrl-Alt-Left anymore) as default for the Back action.

[Josiah Yoder]

Still true in PyCharm 2020.1.1

[egvo]

Back does switching tabs for me. Just like Ctrl+PgUp, Ctrl+PgDn do. If my files are already opened it doesn't switch just back to the previous code (like if I'm dropping into function Declaration). Sad thing, but I can't find a solution.

[David Parks]

Same on PopOS/Ubuntu based distro, PyCharm 2020.3

[phi]

option+cmd+left arrow worked for me, nice!