Preferences - Tabs

Use this preference page to specify default tab settings for the editor views.

Option

Description

Default

Tab stops Enter one or more positive integers, each separated by a space, to specify tab stop positions on each line.  For example, entering 1 2 5 9 will place tabs stops at columns 1, 2, 5, and 9. 1
Tab increment Enter a positive integer to specify the interval between tab stops following the last tab stop specified in Tab stops above.  For example, if you specify an interval of 8 in conjunction with a Tab stops setting of 1 2 5 9, tabs stops are placed at columns 1, 2, 5, 9, 17, 25, 33, and so on. 8
Display tab characters expanded When selected, tab characters in the document are displayed expanded according to the tab settings in effect. On