Is there a way to clear the "Run" console in PyCharm?
I want a code that delete/hide all the print() made previously.
Like the "clear_all" button, but without having to press it manually.
I have read that there is a way to do it in a terminal with os.system("cls"), but in PyCharm, it only adds a small square without clearing anything.
Also, I don't want to use print("\n" *100) since I don't want to be able to scroll back and see the previous prints.
In Pycharm:
CMD + , (or Pycharm preferences);
Search: "clear all";
Double click -> Add keyboard shortcut (set it to CTRL + L or anything)
Enjoy this new hot key in your Pycharm console!
Pycharm Community Edition 2020.1.3
You can right click anywhere above the current line on the console, and choose the "Clear All" option. It'll clear the console
How to
Download this package https://github.com/asweigart/pyautogui. It allows python to send key strokes.
You may have to install some other packages first
If you are installing PyAutoGUI from PyPI using pip:
Windows has no dependencies. The Win32 extensions do not need to be
installed.
OS X needs the pyobjc-core and pyobjc module installed (in that
order).
Linux needs the python3-xlib (or python-xlib for Python 2) module
installed.
Pillow needs to be installed, and on Linux you may need to install additional libraries to make sure Pillow's PNG/JPEG works correctly. See:
Set a keyboard shortcut for clearing the run window in pycharm as explained by Taylan Aydinli
CMD + , (or Pycharm preferences);
Search: "clear all"; Double click ->
Add keyboard shortcut (set it to CTRL + L or anything)
Enjoy this new hot key in your Pycharm console!
Then if you set the keyboard shortcut for 'clear all' to Command + L use this in your python script
import pyautogui
pyautogui.hotkey('command', 'l')
Example program
This will clear the screen after the user types an input.
If you aren't focused on the tool window then your clear hot-key won't work, you can see this for yourself if you try pressing your hot-key while focused on, say, the editor, you won't clear the embedded terminals contents.
PyAutoGUI has no way of focusing on windows directly, to solve this you can try to find the coordinate where the run terminal is located and then send a left click to focus, if you don't already know the coordinates where you can click your mouse you can find it out with the following code:
import pyautogui
from time import sleep
sleep(2)
print(pyautogui.position())
An example of output:
(2799, 575)
and now the actual code:
import pyautogui
while True:
input_1 = input("?")
print(input_1)
pyautogui.click(x=2799, y=575)
pyautogui.hotkey('command', 'l')
Easy Method:
Shortcut: Control K,
Right click on terminal and clear Buffer
There's also another way of doing it using the system class from os. All you need to do is have this code:
from os import system, name
# define our clear function
def clear():
# for windows the name is 'nt'
if name == 'nt':
_ = system('cls')
# and for mac and linux, the os.name is 'posix'
else:
_ = system('clear')
# Then, whenever you want to clear the screen, just use this clear function as:
clear()
However, in order for this functionality to work in pycharm, you need to enable "Emulate terminal in output console". You can find this under edit configuration of the file where you want to use the clear function, then it's under Execution option. Here's a screenshot: pycharm screensho
You could just do a ("\n" * 100000000), so it'll be impossible to scroll back.
In PyCharm terminal you can type 'cls' just like in linux terminal.
For Python Console (where you see the output) assign a shortkey for "clear all" in File -> Settings -> Keymap -> Other -> "Clear all"
You can also click somewhere on the PythonConsole -> Right button -> clear.
Hope it helps
I just relised that instead of going to the trouble of setting up a shortcut, you could just set up a command using PyAutoGUI to click on the trash bin on the side of the window e.g
note, to install pyautogui click on the end of the import pyautogui line, then press alt+enter and click install pyautogui.
import pyautogui
# to find the coordinates of the bin...
from time import sleep
sleep(2) # hover your mouse over bin in this time
mousepos = pyautogui.position() gets current pos of mouse
x,y = mousepos # storing mouse position
print(mousepos) # prints current pos of mouse
# then to clear it;
pyautogui.click(x, y) # and just put this line of code wherever you want to clear it
(this isn't perfect thanks to the time it takes to run the code and using the mouse, but it is reasonable solution depending on what you are using it for.)
I hope this answer is helpful even though this is an old question.
Just click the trash can icon to the left of the command window and it clears the command history!
In PyCharm 2019.3.3 you can right click and select "Clear All" button.This is deleting all written data inside of the console and unfortunately this is manual.
Sorry to say this, here the main question is how to do it programmatically means while my code is running I want my code to clear previous data and at some stage and then continue running the code. It should work like reset button.
After spending some time on research I solved my problem using Mahak Khurmi's solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/67543234/16878188.
If you edit the run configuration you can enable "emulate terminal in output console" and you can use the os.system("cls") line and it will work normally.
Iconman had the easiest answer.
But simply printing "\n" * 20 (or whatever your terminal height is) will clear the screen, and the only difference is that the cursor is at the bottom.
I came here because I wanted to visually see how long each step of a complex process was taking (I'm implementing a progress bar), and the terminal is already full of scrolling logging information.
I ended up printing ("A" * 40) * 20, and then "B" and "C" etc., and then filming it. Reviewing the video made it easy to see how many seconds each step took. Yes I know I could use time-stamps, but this was fun!
Related
i wrote a basic python program and tried running it using the play button but nothing happens,
i look through the interpreters and the one for python isnt detected
can someone guide me
tried looking online for answers but most are confusing since i can't seem to find some of the settings they are recommending i use
Hey, my suggestion would be :
First check the installation of python on your machine, and if it
doesn't help then,
Open keyboard shortcuts in VS Code 'CTRL + K and CTRL + S' or by
clicking settings button in bottom-left corner.
Search "Run Python File in Terminal".
You will get first option with the same title.
Double click the Key Binding area in front of title.
And set a keyboard shortcut for running Python {eg: 'ALT + Q' (My shortcut)}. This would be much
convenient.
I want to move the currently active window to a different monitor (left or right) with Python.
The shortcut on Windows for this is usually WIN + shift + arrow key [left|right]. I tried it with a bunch of libraries, but none of them do the trick somehow.
I tried pyautogui:
pyautogui.hotkeys('shift', 'win', 'left')
The longer solution doesn't work either
pyautogui.keyDown('shift')
pyautogui.keyDown('win')
pyautogui.press('left')
pyautogui.keyUp('shift')
pyautogui.keyUp('win')
Neither does any combination of different buttons like as "winleft" or "shiftright" and such.
Changing the order of the shift and win key does also nothing more for me.
All it does is move the window to the edge of the screen (similar to WIN + left).
Then I started testing other libraries, such as pynput:
hotkey = keyboard.HotKey(
keyboard.HotKey.parse('<shift>+<cmd>+<left>'),
None
)
This one seems to be for monitoring purposes, tho.
After that, I discovered win32gui (and win32api). This one has next to no documentation that is actually helpful for anything (imho).
Does anyone know why pyautogui does not properly execute this specific shortcut and how to make it do it? Or does anyone know how to execute that shortcut in a different way?
It seems like pyautogui doesn't support this functionality for some reason. I managed to move the window with pynput, though, like this:
from pynput.keyboard import Key, Controller
keyboard = Controller()
keyboard.press(Key.cmd)
keyboard.press(Key.shift)
keyboard.press(Key.left)
keyboard.release(Key.cmd)
keyboard.release(Key.shift)
keyboard.release(Key.left)
So I tried to simulate multiple mouse left click whenever I press the mouse's left button.However, my mouse start teleporting/moving slowly whenever I run my code. I am actually running this code with pycharm IDE.
I thought that maybe I am sending too much command per mouse press, so I decided to add a sleep between each click, to see the behavior. Unfortunately, the program still behave the same way.
from pynput.mouse import Listener,Controller, Button
import time
mouse = Controller()
def on_click(x, y, button, pressed):
if pressed and button == Button.left:
mouse.click(Button.right,2)
time.sleep(2)
print("stop")
with Listener( on_click=on_click) as listener:
listener.join()
I know that the code is not completed yet, but my final goal would be to simulate multiple click, with an interval of ~0.05 second, while I hold the mouse's left button.
Thank you,
Try using pyautogui rather than pynput.mouse.
Quick heads up I am not that good at python. Also, I know I am late because it's been over a year already but if this is not for you, it is also for future people who stumble upon this question/question in the future.
Before you look at the code and run it, we need to do one pip install.
In the console/terminal type
pip install pyautogui
In your case, you are using PyCharm. Just install the package pyautogui
Great! Now you are ready to look at the code:
import pyautogui
#You can change the clicks.
pyautogui.click(clicks=10)
For what you said about simulating an interval of 0.05 per second. I don't know how to help you there. Maybe try trial and error.
import pyautogui
seconds_for_clicking = 5
#This is for converting to actual seconds
seconds_for_clicking = seconds_for_clicking * 9
for i in range(seconds_for_clicking):
#You can change the clicks.
pyautogui.click(clicks=10)
#Maybe try this. In this case I think that you have to try trial and error. Change the number to whatever you want.
time.sleep(0.05)
``
Hope this helps :D
I am using pynput to record keystrokes via Listener on OS X Mojave. I am using Pycharm as my IDE for running the code.
I was not able to get it to work using the same example from the pynput site.
from pynput.keyboard import Listener as key_listener
class recorder:
def on_press(self, key):
print(key)
def on_release(self, key):
print(key)
if __name__ == "__main__":
testme = recorder()
with key_listener(on_press=testme.on_press, on_release=testme.on_release) as listener:
listener.join()
I did step through it and I get no errors (unless I put the with statement in a function, instead of in the main, but that's a known issue with threading in Mojave, from what I can tell after searching for that error), but everything stops at the .join() statement, and I get nothing printed when I press and release a key on my keyboard.
This is probably a bit late, but the answer is to go into:
Settings -> Security & Privacy
Click on the Privacy tab
Click the + Hold down CMD + SHIFT + . (so that you can see hidden
files/folders)
Navigate to /usr/local/bin or wherever you have Python installed
Click okay.
That should do it.
Note
If you try to run your app via the terminal, you will need to add the terminal.app to the list of allowed apps, as done above for Python.
Found the problem.
For some strange reasons; OSX is uber-picky about returning events, so unless you go in the security settings and enable Pycharm to be in the list of apps that are allowed to use accessibility, it won't work.
I didn't try on Windows yet, but I assume it will be the same issue. The only gripe I have is that I have no idea how to add Python itself to the list of supported accessibility apps; since the control panel does not allow me to go in /usr/local/bin, which is where I have Python3 installed (via Brew).
This is probably a bit late too, but the simple answer is to go into:
Preference
Security & Privacy
Input Monitoring
-> confirm PyCharm
Some people have stated that adding IDLE to supported accessibility apps is what allows python itself to run the listener.
while your in a finder window, if you press cmd+shft+'.' (period key) it will show hidden files, which will allow you to navigate to usr/local/bin and look for your python implementation.
On windows this is slightly different, I always run python/pycharm as admin and it never gives me any issues.
Try superuser ($sudo su) and run your python code in terminal, I think
it should work
Im was working with OSX 10.12 and pynput was only getting cmd ctrl fn and option keys when pressed but now in superuser it gets the keys.
I am very new to Python and I am used to R studio so I choose Spyder. On the Spyder layout I saw a button 'run current line (ctrl +f10)'. But it doesn't work by pressing the button or c+10. Am I missing something? I can only select the script and 'ctrl+enter ' to run current line which is not convenient at all. I am using ubuntu with Anaconda distribution.
The key to run the current line by itself is F9. The shortcut ctrl+F10 is used if you are in debugging mode.
You can see a list of shortcuts by selecting Preferences in the Tool menu, and then clicking on Keyboard shortcuts.
Coming from R studio I imagine you were hoping to have a command that runs the next command, rather than just that one row (which can break a command into several parts and cause errors).
The exact equivalent doesn't exist yet but if you get accustomed to adding #%% before and after chunks ("cells") you want to run together then you can use the following commands to run the whole chunk.
Run cell: Ctrl + Return
Run cell and advance : Shift+Return
F9 is the key that does the job for you.
To replicate the RStudio style, go to Preferences in Tools menu and go to Keyboard Shortcuts.
Since Ctrl + Enter is assigned to another function, change that first.
Then assign the F9 key value to Ctrl + Enter. Now Spyder is the same as RStudio. Atleast in a way.
Some keyboards have a different layout than others in terms of what the keys are supposed to do. For me running happens if done via Fn + F9.
Control Enter is a quick way of executing a line or block of code in both R Studio & Python.
In Spyder, make sure the line or block is highlighted before you hit 'ctrl-enter'