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I'm using spyder and pycharm for python coding. When I plot something with matplotlib in spyder it shows the result inline in IPython. With Pycharm IPython plots in a new extra window. I'm working on Windows7 and with Anaconda Python2.7.

Is it possible to plot in Pycharm inside in the IPython shell?

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    Try running %matplotlib inline before you start plotting. Commented Jun 13, 2015 at 22:36
  • In Community Edition 2020, the answer is no. The answers about Jupyter support only apply to PyCharm Professional Edition, as Jupyter support was removed from CE2019. Also, %matplotlib inline in the console gives: IPython.core.error.UsageError: Invalid GUI request 'inline', valid ones are:dict_keys(['none', 'osx', 'tk', 'gtk', 'wx', 'qt', 'qt4', 'qt5', 'glut', 'pyglet', 'gtk3']). Commented Jul 4, 2020 at 14:27

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Not inside the shell; however, you can use an iPython notebook within PyCharm (2016+) for that purpose. PyCharm supports iPython plots when defined within a .ipynb (iPython/Jupyter file format) script.

Here is an example: Open, or create (as shown) a .ipynb script:

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An here is what you get if you code inside a freshly made .ipynb file within PyCharm 2016 or later. Notice the %matplotlib inline, which comes after matplotlib.pyplot import.

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Is there any way to make plots interactive in this way without creating a separate window?
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PyCharm 2019.1+

In this version of PyCharm several great features to integrate Jupyter Notebooks and PyCharm were added.

First, create a new Jupyter Notebook or open up an existing one.

Second, you can Insert a new cell or you can work on existing cells.

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Third, you can Run or Debug a Cell:

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Fourth, if you run the cell, the result will be reflected in the right side of the screen.

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Is it possible to further analyse the figure (ie, zoom, save, etc.), in a similar way to VSCode?
^ This is the key feature missing, VSCode has an edge here
Add %matplotlib qt after %matplotlib inline and press run all. The plots will open in a new window which can be resized, moved, zoomed and the plot can be saved as a file

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