How can I get PyCharm to recognize the static files?

Question

I have one Django project that looks like:

/.idea
/clients
     /app
         /static
             coin.png
         /templates
             index.html
         __init__.py
         urls.py
     /clients
         settings.py
     manage.py

In index.html I have (I can see the image on render):

{% load staticfiles %}

<img src="{% static 'coin.png' %}">

Relevant parts of settings.py:

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static/')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../static/'),
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
)

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    'django.core.context_processors.static',
)

In project structure I've added /clients since the root of the Django project is one level up from the repo root. However all my {% static %} uses in this project keep getting highlights as not existing even though Django can find them. Ideas on how to resolve this?

Answer 1

You need to set the following settings, to tell PyCharm where to find the project root:

Django settings to set (image)

You can also use {{STATIC_URL}}/path/to/files, which works different by pycharm

This worked wonders. It is a bit strange of pycharm though.