Bug 60194 - spaces representing a tab effectively limited to 4
Summary: spaces representing a tab effectively limited to 4
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux-GTK
: P3 normal with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: JDT-UI-Inbox CLA
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Keywords: ui, usability
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Reported: 2004-04-27 18:07 EDT by Stefan Wagner CLA
Modified: 2004-04-27 22:33 EDT (History)
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Description Stefan Wagner CLA 2004-04-27 18:07:07 EDT 
I set the value in
Preferences/ Java/ Code Formator/ Style:
Number of spaces representing a tab to 8.

But the view shows a maximum of 4 spaces per tab. 
Even after restarting eclipse, the value in the settings is still 8, but tabs
are shown with a maximum of 4 spaces.

(using eclipse-3.0.0M6-linux-gtk)
Comment 1 Stefan Wagner CLA 2004-04-27 22:33:45 EDT 
I installed eclipse-3.0.0M8-linux-gtk with it's approved Coding-Style settings
and welcome happily the idea of storing the settings to a xml-file.

And I found the solution: The predefined font isn't equal-width, thus displaying
8 spaces as compact as 'publ' in 'public class foo', which looks as if it is
displaying 4 spaces.