'Align to columns' removes leading whitespace

[ajenkins-cargometrics]

The 'Align to columns' function removes leading whitespace from all the lines it operates on. This makes it less useful to me, since usually when I want to use this feature, it is in source code where I want to preserve existing indentation. I think this feature would be more useful if it preserved leading whitespace on lines, or at least had the option to do so.

For example, say I have this python function:

def some_function():
    var1 = 'foo'
    another_variable = 'bar'
    variable3 = 'bla'

If I select the 3 variable assignment lines and invoke 'Align to columns', what I'd like to see is:

def some_function():
    var1             = 'foo'
    another_variable = 'bar'
    variable3        = 'bla'

But instead what I get is:

def some_function():
var1             = 'foo'
another_variable = 'bar'
variable3        = 'bla'

I'm using PyCharm 2017.1.5. Thanks.

[krasa]

Done.