diff --git a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/plugin/plugins/scripter/ui_scripter/editor/pythoneditor.py b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/plugin/plugins/scripter/ui_scripter/editor/pythoneditor.py
--- a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/plugin/plugins/scripter/ui_scripter/editor/pythoneditor.py
+++ b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/plugin/plugins/scripter/ui_scripter/editor/pythoneditor.py
@@ -239,7 +239,11 @@
         selectionStart = cursor.selectionStart()
         selectionEnd = cursor.selectionEnd()
         
-        if selectionStart == selectionEnd: # ie no selection
+        
+        if selectionStart == selectionEnd and cursor.atBlockEnd(): 
+            # ie no selection and don't insert in the middle of text
+            # something smarter might skip whitespace and add a tab in front of 
+            # the next non whitespace character
             cursor.insertText(" "*self.indent_width)
             return