File type issues

Sometimes, you may find your source code file, for example, .py, starts to look 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 Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and select Editor | File Types and check Text and File type auto-detected by file content.

If you find your file name in any of these file types, click to remove it and click OK.

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

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