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Asked: 2026-05-11T00:18:46+00:00

I started using NetBeans for Python development, and so far it looks pretty good.

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I started using NetBeans for Python development, and so far it looks pretty good. One thing that bothers me is that when I highlight a few lines of text and hit the Tab key, it doesn’t do what almost every other editor does, but rather just adds four spaces at the end of the block.

I know NetBeans has a block indent action (somewhat oddly called ‘Shift Right’), but it seems impossible to bind the Tab key to anything. For now I’ve settled on Ctrl+Shift+I for block indent as a tribute to my Delphi days, but really, I’d just like make it work like Eclipse/IntelliJ/Notepad2 and do a block indent on Tab.

Any tips?

EDIT: OK, so it seems that this behavior only occurs if I select a bunch of lines and the cursor is positioned on an empty line. This looks like a bug, so I’m going to file a report.

Thanks guys!

EDIT 2: In case anyone’s interested, Issue 155735

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  1. This should be fixed now – in build #415 and later from http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/python/ . Thanks for the bug report.

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