In this guide, we explore four different methods that you can try to potentially resolve the PyCharm’s autocomplete issue.
What is Pycharm?
Pycharm is a free development IDE that can be used for Python and other languages. It has many fantastic features such as code auto-complete, code refactoring, and an interactive Python console that can just run a small section of the code.
This amazing IDE can really help take your coding to the next level and increase productivity many folds over. I have been using Pycharm since I found out about it a couple of years ago and never looked back.
What is the Pycharm Auto-Complete Issue?
Normally, Pycharm is smart enough to give suggestions as you type your code, hence the autocomplete feature. However, sometimes for whatever reason, the autocomplete could stop functioning and not suggest anything useful as you code.
This is very frustrating especially when using imported libraries, and the libraries have many different functions. As the code base grows, the number of things to keep track just is not feasible. Thus, having a tool such as autocomplete is quite essential.
When importing libraries, their package name will be red, but the code will still run. There are other potential reasons that can cause this, but this can also mean the autocomplete is having issues.
How to Fix the Pycharm Auto-Complete Issue?
Here are four ways that can potentially fix the autocomplete issue. I will go into detail about each of the methods below.
Update Pycharm
Sometimes it could be that a particular release of Pycharm is experiencing such an issue, so it is a good idea to keep Pycharm up to date.
To do this, simply head to Pycharm’s official website to download the latest version and reinstall Pycharm.
https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/#section=windows
Invalidate Cache
The second method is to use the Invalidate Cache option within Pycharm. This deletes the existing cache in the current project and recreates it again by restarting Pycharm. This will cause Pycharm to reindex the files, and potentially fix the problem.
The option can be found here:
Select Invalidate and Restart
Properly Configuring the Python Interpreter
Ah, trying to code without an interpreter I see. Well if you were able to make it work without an interpreter, I would like to know how it is done. It might be that Pycharm was using the incorrect interpreter, so if the current one does not work, try another interpreter.
Restore Default Setting
Surprisingly, this one worked for me, and I consider this one as the last resort nuke everything method. For the above methods, I have tried reinstalling Pycharm, updating Python, Invalidating the cache, and reconfiguring the interpreter. Nothing seemed to work until I found this option.
The downside of this option is it will reset all key binds and settings, so make sure to save your settings before using this option.
Option for restore default setting can be found here:
