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Spyder python editor: turn off whole-line tab when tabbing mid-line

Imagine I am standing (i.e., the cursor is located) somewhere mid-line in a given line of my Spyder editor.

Working always only with interesting integers, I could be at this line, say:

an_interesting_integer = 4

the cursor is right before "=" and thus right after "an_interesting_integer ", say.

Then I press "tab".

What I want is just the equal sign to be tabbed, but what happens in my Spyder editor is that the whole line is tabbed.

So instead of:

an_interesting_integer     = 4

I get:

    an_interesting_integer = 4

How can I turn off this "whole-line-tabbing" thing.

Thank you

Solution

  • Spyder v. 4.0 or higher:

    Tools >>> Preferences >>> Editor >>> Source code >>> Uncheck "Tab always indent".

    Other versions:

    Tools >>> Preferences >>> Editor >>> Advanced settings >>> Uncheck "Tab always indent".