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File type issues

Last modified: 17 March 2022

Sometimes, you may find your source code file, for example, .py, starts to look like a plain text file:

Python file looking like a plain text file

Usually, this happens only to a single file out of many. This is caused by accidental change in the file type settings.

To check the file type status, press CtrlAlt0S to open the IDE settings and select Editor | File Types and check Text and File type auto-detected by file content:

Python file type settings

If you find your filename in any of these file types, click Remove a file type association to remove it and click OK.

Also, ensure that the *.py file pattern is registered under the Python file type:

Python file type association

After this, your Python file type should be recognized correctly:

Python file type is recognized