Select the automatic indentation mode you want to use as default. It is
strongly recommended to use None
or
Normal
here, and use filetype configurations to set other
indentation modes for text formats like C/C++ code or XML.
Automatically insert a leading "*" while typing within a doxygen style comment. This setting is only enabled when applicable.
This replaces tabs with the number of spaces set in Number of spaces: below.
Use a mix of tabs and space characters for indentation.
Set the number of spaces you want to use for indentation when you check Use spaces instead of tabs to indent above.
When this is enabled, the editor will not unindent lines in a selection further when the line with the least indentation becomes unindented. If you sometimes unindent blocks of indented code, this may be helpful.
Indentations of more than the selected number of spaces will not be shortened.
This allows the tab key to be used to indent.
This allows the backspace key to be used to indent.
This allows the Tab key insert indent characters.
This allows the Tab key insert a tab.
This allows the Tab key indent the current line.
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