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    • Benevolent DeityB
      Benevolent Deity
      last edited by

      I am using v7.9.3 and need to change the default behavior of the keyboard Tab key so it inserts 3 spaces instead of a 4-column hard tab character. I was able to do this on older versions of Notepad++ by merely going to Settings->Preferences->Editing but I can’t seem to find what I am looking for there any more. Thanks :-)

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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn @Benevolent Deity
        last edited by Alan Kilborn

        @Benevolent-Deity

        Go to the Settings menu and then choose Preferences… to see:

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        • Benevolent DeityB
          Benevolent Deity @Alan Kilborn
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          @Alan-Kilborn
          Great, and thanks for your quick response. It certainly wasn’t obvious to me that it should have been in the Language category rather than in Editing, but at least it’s fixed now :-)

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn @Benevolent Deity
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            @Benevolent-Deity said in How to change Tab key behavior:

            It certainly wasn’t obvious to me that it should have been in the Language category

            Well, it’s very dependent upon language choice, as you should now be aware.
            It’s always good to look entirely through the Preferences pages for what you’re looking for.

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            • Hellena CrainicuH
              Hellena Crainicu
              last edited by

              Press: Tab - Go right

              Press: Shift+Tab - Go left

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              • PeterJonesP
                PeterJones @Hellena Crainicu
                last edited by PeterJones

                @Hellena-Crainicu ,

                Those are the keystrokes for indenting or unindenting while editing. The original post (from three years ago, which was already sufficiently and correctly answered) was asking how to change whether the Tab key would insert spaces or ASCII tab characters, not asking how to indent or unindent.

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