---
url: https://docs.cybrosys.com/pycharm-plugin/features/smart-suggestions.md
description: >-
  Context-aware completions for Odoo model names, field names, templates,
  widgets and manifest dependencies in PyCharm.
---

# Smart suggestions

Get completions for Odoo model names, field names, templates, widgets and module dependencies as you type in Python and XML files. Suggestions follow the context of the code, so you see only names that fit.

## What you can do

In the code samples, `|` marks the cursor.

### Python

| Where | You get |
|---|---|
| `_inherit` (a string or a list) | Model names to extend. |
| `fields.Many2one('`, `One2many`, `Many2many` | Model names for the comodel. Positional arguments are supported. |
| `inverse_name` of a `One2many` field | Relational fields of the comodel. |
| `self.env['` and `request.env['` | Model names. |
| `@api.depends('`, `@api.onchange('`, `@api.constrains('` | Field names of the current model. |
| `record.` and `self.mapped('` | Field names, following first-level relational fields. |
| `depends` in `__manifest__.py` | Module names. |

```python
class MyModel(models.Model):
    _inherit = '|'                      # model names

    partner_id = fields.Many2one('|')   # model names
    line_ids = fields.One2many('model.name', '|')   # inverse field names

    @api.depends('|')                   # field names
    def _compute_total(self):
        self.env['|']                   # model names
        self.mapped('|')                # field names
```

```python
# __manifest__.py
{
    'depends': ['|'],                   # module names
}
```

### XML

| Where | You get |
|---|---|
| The `model` attribute of `<record>` | Model names. |
| `<field name="model">` and `<field name="res_model">` values | Model names. |
| The `name` attribute of `<field>` in a view | Field names of the view's model. |
| The `t-call` attribute | Template names, including those from other modules. |
| The `widget` attribute | Widgets. |
| The `class` attribute of a field | CSS classes declared in your project. |

```xml
<record model="|" id="view_id">                  <!-- model names -->
    <field name="model">|</field>                <!-- model names -->
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <form>
            <field name="|"/>                    <!-- field names of the model -->
            <field name="name" widget="|"/>      <!-- widgets -->
            <field name="name" class="|"/>       <!-- CSS classes from your project -->
        </form>
    </field>
</record>

<t t-call="|"/>                                  <!-- template names -->
```

## Get started

1. Open an Odoo project and let PyCharm finish indexing.
2. Start typing in a Python or XML file, or press `Ctrl+Space` to open the suggestions.
3. Press `Tab` to accept a suggestion and `Esc` to dismiss the list.

## Tips and limits

* Suggestions depend on PyCharm's index. If names are missing, wait for indexing to finish, or choose **File** > **Invalidate Caches** and restart.
* Field suggestions follow the model of the current context, so they differ from one class or view to the next. Python and XML each get their own set of suggestions.
* Use suggestions to discover the models and fields that exist, and to avoid typos in names.

## Next steps

* [Snippets](/pycharm-plugin/snippets)
* [Code inspection](/pycharm-plugin/features/code-inspection)