Quick Docstrings in Colaboratory

Question

I'm starting to play with Colaboratory but I've noticed that shift-tab doesn't pop up Docstrings for functions as it does in Jupyter.

Is this functionality absent or just accessed some other way?

Answer 1

Shift-tab dedents. To see contextual help inline, hit tab after an open parens, e.g.,

import os
os.open(

Or, execute the cell with a trailing ? and help will open in the bottom pane, e.g,.

import os
os.open?

Answer 2

Ctrl + Space helped me. Both for docstring and autocomplete.