Visual Studio: show whitespace and configure spaces instead of tabs
Posted by jpluimers on 2019/07/11
As I always forgets this and fresh Visual Studio installations favour tabs over spaces, here is how to get it into sane mode:
- show whitespace: [WayBack] Jeff Widmer’s Blog – How to show white space in Visual Studio
- Menu:
Edit,Advanced,View White Space - Toggle shortcut keys:
- Ctrl R, Ctrl-W
- Ctrl E, S
- Menu:
- force spaces instead of tabs: [WayBack] Visual Studio 2013 Tips & Tricks: Indentation (Tabs and Spaces) | Ed Glogowski, [WayBack] Visual Studio replace tab with 4 spaces? – Stack Overflow
- Menu:
Tools,Options,Text Editor,All Languages(or a specific language),Tabs,Insert Spaces(the internal variable is calledInsertTabs) - Shortcut keys:
- none, but you can create your own using a macro: Visual Studio 2010 macros to set “Insert spaces” or “Keep tabs” in Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C# -> Tabs page.
- Menu:
Related: [WayBack] Whitespace: The Silent Killer
–jeroen
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