I'm experiencing an infuriating issue in PyCharm. For some reason, within a specific file named "DataStorage.py", when I press the "Enter" key after a function or class declaration, it does not auto-indent as it usually would. Instead, it just moves the cursor to a new line with a single space. Additionally, the "Tab" key, which typically indents code, is now only producing spaces. This behavior is confined to this SPECIFIC file. If I copy all the code in that file into a new .py file, the issue DOES NOT occur, UNLESS I try to start using that file in other places across my code, and then it suddenly starts happening again. Because I was asked to further clarify, here's a detailed breakdown of the issue: -I have a file called "DataStorage.py" in a large PyCharm project I'm working on. -For this specific file, and only for this specific file, I am unable to create tab characters anymore. -If I press the "tab" key, it simply creates a space instead of a tab. -If PyCharm tries to automatically create a tab, for instance after I declare a function and hit "enter" to go to the next line, it tries to automatically tab for me but instead creates a single space. -My tabs are currently set as "4 spaces" in the Pycharm settings. I have set this to every conceivable option and not once did it even effect the tabbing done in DataStorage.py =This only occurs in this one SPECIFIC file. All other files, I can create tabs (4 spaces) without any issues. Steps I've taken to resolve the issue: -Checked the Editor > Code Style > Python settings to ensure the correct indentation settings. -Restarted PyCharm. -Completely reinstalled PyCharm. -Completely changed PyCharm versions -Deleted and recloned the entire project from Github -Reset all Pycharm settings, both on a project level and global level -Verified that the issue is not present in other IDEs with the same file. -Deleting the actual contents of DataStorage.py and trying it with a single function - still occurs I just don't get what's happening. This issue randomly started happening while I was in the middle of coding this file. I think it MIGHT have occurred when I accidentally opened the search everywhere menu by double-tapping shift, but I've checked literally every single setting there and nothing's helped. Maybe it was a different menu that popped up? I closed it so fast when it happened that I didn't get a good look. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I'm completely out of ideas and so is ChatGPT. Thanks in advance! Continue reading...
