Pycharm to toggle soft wrap in code editor

Question

If you know how to toggle soft wrap aka. word wrap while editing code in Pycharm, please share.

My google search and SO search give me no helpful result(s).

Trying to look in Pycharm setting/preference not helps either.

p.s.

I'm using PyCharm Community Edition 2016.2

score 213 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '16 at 08:54

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Right-click the the left side (with line numbering) and choose your soft wrap option:

answered Jul 26 '16 at 08:54

SaeX

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Oh, so hidden on line number ^^ - I actually tried right-clicking o empty spaces :D – Nam G VU Jul 26 '16 at 09:37
it is really ugly though, the "newline" starts all the way at the left edge – mLstudent33 Aug 29 '21 at 20:50
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6 years later, and this answer is still correct. TY. – james.garriss Sep 26 '22 at 16:52

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 26 '16 at 08:55

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In the PyCharm keymap if you search for soft you get these results:

I'm sure one of these will be what you are after

answered Jul 26 '16 at 08:55

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Nagabhushan S N · Answer 3 · 2020-06-22T01:10:37.123

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If you want to permanently enable soft wrap for certain file extensions, it can be configured in Settings > Editor> General. Under the title Soft Wraps, add your required file extension.

The settings can also be accessed by right-click on the line-numbers and selecting Configure Soft Wraps as explained here. Also shown here.

PS: I know it is not what is asked in the question, but this was the first google result when I searched for configuring soft wraps. So, I added the answer here in case anybody else comes looking up for the same.

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answered Jun 22 '20 at 01:03

Nagabhushan S N

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That's in my opinion the best way to do it. – Ben2209 Jan 23 '23 at 07:21

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 14 '19 at 13:04

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There's also another way to accomplish this easily.

View -> Active Editor -> Soft-Wrap

The "View" is in the toolbar of Pycharm (Pycharm, File, Edit, View....)

answered Sep 14 '19 at 13:04

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 02 '22 at 09:29

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Click on "FILE" Top left in Pycharm editor
Goto Settings
Click on Editor
Click on General
Select the soft wrap option
You can edit such that *.py, *.extension, etc.
Click on Apply

Follow each step properly

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answered Jul 26 '22 at 11:42

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Aug 24 '20 at 01:26

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Follow: File->Setting->Editor->General->soft-wrap these files

Checked:Soft-wrap these files and

Edit: *.py at the end followed by semicolon ';'

Hope,this answered the question!

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answered Jul 02 '20 at 23:27

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 20 '22 at 05:18

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Hit double shift and start typing what you want to do. softwrap

This will automatically selects the first action.

Just hit enter and voilà

answered Jan 20 '22 at 05:18

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Pycharm to toggle soft wrap in code editor

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