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Reputation: 1445

How can I prevent Qt Creator 2.4.1 from replacing tabs with spaces?

How can I prevent Qt Creator 2.4.1 from replacing tabs with spaces?

I have chosen ‘Tabs only’ on ‘Tab policy’ but Qt Creator still has this annoying behaviour

Upvotes: 7

Views: 4583

Answers (4)

scopchanov
scopchanov

Reputation: 8419

Solution for Qt Creator 15.0.1:

Go to Edit->Preferences->C++. In the Code Style tab activate Use custom settings.

A bit lower, in the Clang Format tab, in the editable text field with the line numbers, go to UseTab (line 268 in my case) and instead of Never, manually write Always.

Click Ok and reformat the code.

Upvotes: 0

Matthieu
Matthieu

Reputation: 3117

In Qt Creator 13.0.0 (and some earlier version I think), there is no "Edit" button in the C++ tab.

So in the C++ tab, in "ClangFormat settings", select "Formatting mode: Use built-in indenter". Then you can change the tab settings below, in the "General" tab of the "Custom settings".

Upvotes: 1

Agguro
Agguro

Reputation: 358

3 years later the issue is still there but ... in QT5.9.1 - qt-creator go to Tools - Options - Fakevim and click on the button "set Qt Style" and the problem is gone (at least for Makefile(s))

Upvotes: 3

Tim Meyer
Tim Meyer

Reputation: 12600

In settings, go to C++, and on the Code Style tab, press the Edit button. In the new window, you will have a General Tab which allows for C++-specific code indentation settings.

Set Tab policy to Tabs only and Align continuation lines (if 2.4.1 already had that, not sure) to With Regular Indent and you should be good.

Note: The same can be done for Qt Quick.

Upvotes: 10

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