I think I got it working for you, but I do not understand end += tab.count
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import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui
class Window(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self)
layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)
self.button = QtGui.QPushButton('Test')
self.edit = QtGui.QTextEdit()
layout.addWidget(self.edit)
layout.addWidget(self.button)
self.button.clicked.connect(self.handleTest)
def handleTest(self):
tab = "\t"
cursor = self.edit.textCursor()
start = cursor.selectionStart()
end = cursor.selectionEnd()
cursor.setPosition(end)
cursor.movePosition(cursor.EndOfLine)
end = cursor.position()
cursor.setPosition(start)
cursor.movePosition(cursor.StartOfLine)
start = cursor.position()
print cursor.position(), end
while cursor.position() < end:
cursor.movePosition(cursor.StartOfLine)
cursor.insertText(tab)
end += tab.count()
cursor.movePosition(cursor.EndOfLine)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
win = Window()
win.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())