How to remove tab indent from several lines in IDLE?

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Thanx picture Thanx · Apr 26, 2009 · Viewed 133.7k times · Source

If you want to indent several lines in Python IDLE you just mark the lines and hit Tab. But what if you want to remove the indent from several lines? Shift+Tab does not work for that in IDLE.

Answer

Craig McQueen picture Craig McQueen · Apr 26, 2009

If you're using IDLE, and the Norwegian keyboard makes Ctrl-[ a problem, you can change the key.

  1. Go Options->Configure IDLE.
  2. Click the Keys tab.
  3. If necessary, click Save as New Custom Key Set.
  4. With your custom key set, find "dedent-region" in the list.
  5. Click Get New Keys for Selection.
  6. etc

I tried putting in shift-Tab and that worked nicely.

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