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Eclipse for JavaScript and Web Developers Version: Neon Release (4.6.0) Build id: 20160613-1800 In Menu, Select Eclipse / Preferences Expand General, Expand Editors, Select Text Editors / Select 'Insert spaces for tabs', Select Apply and OK In an html file, select a partially indented block or an unindented block of text and hit the tab key to indent the block. Even though the block had previously been indented with spaces, or even if it is not indented at all, the level of indent produced by the tab key is all entered as tabs. Desired behavior: Highlighting a block should and hitting the tab key should produce the same block indented one extra level by spaces.
This is a deal breaker - I cannot use this editor if after I finish developing a page of code, I have to go back and change all the indented tabs to spaces.
Later found that the settings were buried under Web > CSS Files > Editor and Web > HTML Files > Editor Enhancement suggestion: Detect other locations where this setting can be affected and link to them on the: General > Editors > Text Editors This way users will know where to look AND why the feature that they set is not working properly, and won't file bugs against your product like I did.
Also reported here with more details and suggestions in the comments: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=477158
