Quickly change tab / indent size?

[KerbyLane]

Recently I started working with a project that includes a number of files that use a tab size of 2 spaces. Almost everywhere else I'm working it is 4. I'm looking for a faster way to change the "tab width" setting than opening preferences, going into "Editor Defaults" and changing the value. Is there a slider widget or something else that I can expose to make this easier?

Thanks!

[Rich Siegel]

On 25 Feb 2022, at 13:04, KerbyLane wrote:

> Recently I started working with a project that includes a number of files
> that use a tab size of 2 spaces. Almost everywhere else I'm working it is
> 4. I'm looking for a faster way to change the "tab width" setting than
> opening preferences, going into "Editor Defaults" and changing the value.

Since changing the preference only affects new documents or files you've never opened before, it's not really recommend for what you're trying to do.

> Is there a slider widget or something else that I can expose to make this
> easier?

The "Show Fonts" command on View -> Text Display provides tab control.

You can use the "Text Options" command on the Edit menu. (Either of those can have keyboard equivalents assigned, see the "Menus & Shortcuts" preferences.)

The Edit Options panel via the gear in the top left corner of the editing area provides a tab width control.

You can use a .editorconfig file for the project in question to enforce a project-wide two spaces per tab width.

Alternatives abound. :-)

R.

[Rob]

Those are all great options. Thanks for the tips.

Rob

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[bva]

Hi Kerby,

Easily scripted. This what I use to adjust tab widths. I assign it a keyboard shortcut, and can quickly cycle through widths depending on what I’m writing or viewing (I look at columns of data a lot). Not exactly what you asked for, but I think you can get the idea for a simpler one. The script goes in the Scripts folder within your Application Support folder for BBEdit, which by default is in your user Library (~/Library).

tell application "BBEdit"

set tabW to tab width of text window 1

if tabW > 64 then

set tabW to 4

else

set tabW to tabW + 12

end if

set tab width of text window 1 to tabW

end tell

HTH

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On Feb 25, 2022, at 10:05 AM, KerbyLane <member...@gmail.com> wrote:

Recently I started working with a project that includes a number of files that use a tab size of 2 spaces. Almost everywhere else I'm working it is 4. I'm looking for a faster way to change the "tab width" setting than opening preferences, going into "Editor Defaults" and changing the value. Is there a slider widget or something else that I can expose to make this easier?

Thanks!

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