visual studio code editor display spaces and tabs

When selected, indent operations insert only space characters, not TAB characters. Tab characters, space characters, or both will be inserted to fill the specified size.

Sets the size in spaces of an automatic indentation. Sets the distance in spaces between tab stops. This option is not available for all development languages.įor example, lines enclosed between an opening brace ( ) might automatically be indented an extra tab stop from the position of the aligned braces. When selected, new lines are positioned to fit the code context, per other code formatting settings and IntelliSense conventions for your development language. The insertion point is placed at the same starting point as the preceding line. When selected, new lines are automatically indented. The insertion point is placed in the first column of a new line. When selected, new lines are not indented. For example, this reminder is displayed if the Smart indenting option is selected for Visual Basic, but Block indenting is selected for Visual C++. If different settings are selected on the Tabs options pages for particular programming languages, then the message 'The indentation settings for individual text formats conflict with each other,' is displayed for differing Indenting options and the message 'The tab settings for individual text formats conflict with each other,' is displayed for differing Tab options. To change Text Editor options for just one language, expand the subfolder for that language and select its option pages. Remember that resetting an option in this dialog will reset the Tabs options in all languages to whatever choices are selected here. This page sets default options for all development languages.

Visual studio code editor display spaces and tabs