Articles → Python → Configure IDLE for python

Configure IDLE for python

In this article, we will discuss about ‘Configure IDLE’ option in IDLE.

How to access the option?

To access the option

1. Open IDLE.

2. Click on Options → Configure IDLE

Picture showing the configure idle option inside the Options menu of IDLE

Click to Enlarge

Different components of configure IDLE window

In configure IDLE window, we have 5 tabs

1. Fonts/Tabs – Here we can set Font family and font-size of editor.

Picture showing the Fonts/tabs tab of the settings screen

Click to Enlarge

2. Highlights – Here, we can set

a. The color of text. The text could be a normal text, a python keyword or any other category of text.

Picture showing the Highlights tab of the settings screen to select the color

Click to Enlarge

b. The theme of the editor

Picture showing the Highlights tab of the settings screen to select the built in themes

Click to Enlarge

3. Keys – Here we can set the short cuts keys for different actions.

Picture showing the keys tab of the settings screen

Click to Enlarge

4. General - Here we can do other general settings related to IDLE.

Picture showing the General tab of the settings screen

Click to Enlarge

5. Extensions – To manage extensions.

Picture showing the extentions tab of the settings screen

Click to Enlarge

Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Sunday, January 27, 2019

Query/Feedback

Your Email Id

Subject

Query/Feedback	Characters remaining 250