Script Editor Question

So Python is whitespace sensitive, meaning tabs are used to denote scope.

Yet when I hit Tab in the script editor, it tabs away from the script editor instead of actually inserting a tab.

Is there something I'm supposed to do to insert a tab when I'm typing?

My bad, this seems to only happen periodically, not every time.

I seem to have this problem most of the time. You don't, however, need to use tabs for indentation. Spaces work quite fine.

Whichever you use, you must be consistent with the character used, and how many that you use for each level.

I usually just end up using IDLE or Notepad for the large chunks of code, because of that tabbing problem.