write in column mode add spaces for indention, instead of tabs

[MaDill]

In my files I use tabs to indent. When I use column mode and write something the it add spaces at the beginning of the blank line and no tabs. Can this be setup somewhere or is there a workaround? I setup tab=4 and replace by space is not checked.

Example

A
	B
		C

		X
	Y
Z

Start with the column mode there:

A
	|B
	|	C
	|
	|	X
	|Y
Z

and write something

A
	bla|B
	bla|	C
	bla|
	bla|	X
	bla|Y
Z

Then in the line, which was blank before it is now <space><space><space><space>bla. Expected is <tab>bla.

[dail]

Hi @MaDill

I actually submitted a patch to Scintilla a little while back to fix this problem and it was merged into v3.6.7 (released Sept. 2016) of Scintilla. However Notepad++ is still on a much older version of Scintilla, so currently there is no work around that I know of.

[MaDill]

Then let’s hope that N++ update Scintilla some day…