pycharm convert tabs to spaces automatically

I am using pycharm IDE for python development it works perfectly fine for django code so suspected that converting tabs to spaces is default behaviour, however in python IDE is giving errors everywhere because it can't convert tabs to spaces automatically is there a way to achieve this.


Solution 1:

Change the code style to use spaces instead of tabs:

spaces

Then select a folder you want to convert in the Project View and use Code | Reformat Code.

Solution 2:

This only converts the tabs without changing anything else:

Edit -> Convert Indents -> To Spaces

Solution 3:

For selections, you can also convert the selection using the "To spaces" function. I usually just use it via the ctrl-shift-A then find "To Spaces" from there.

Solution 4:

PyCharm 2019.1

If you want to change the general settings:

Open preferences, in macOS ; or in Windows/Linux Ctrl + Alt + S.

Go to Editor -> Code Style -> Python, and if you want to follow PEP-8, choose Tab size: 4, Indent: 4, and Continuation indent: 8 as shown below:

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Apply the changes, and click on OK.

If you want to apply the changes just to the current file

Option 1: You can choose in the navigation bar: Edit -> Convert Indent -> To Spaces. (see image below)

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Option 2: You can execute "To Spaces" action by running the Find Action shortcut: A on macOS or ctrlA on Windows/Linux. Then type "To Spaces", and run the action as shown in the image below.

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