Auto Detect Indention Plugin for Notepad++

Detects indention (tab or spaces) and auto adjust Tab key on-the-fly

What It Does

Indention used in file	Tab key
Tabs	1 tab
For example: 3 Spaces	3 spaces
Cannot determine	Depends on Notepad++ settings

Installation

1. If you are running Notepad++ 7.6 or later:
   • You are encouraged to use Plugins Admin for installation.
   • For manual installation instructions, read: Install plugin manually
2. If you are running Notepad++ version prior to 7.6:
   Download and extract the archive from below and move nppAutoDetectIndent.dll into Notepad++ plugin folder.
   • For Notepad++ x86: C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins \
   • For Notepad++ x64: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins

Download

Releases page

Why

Many projects have differnet coding style requirements, some use tabs other prefer spaces.
And there is this holy war of tabs or spaces.

I first discovered this function in Geany editor: detecting-indent-type
I thought it's cool because you don't have to worry about having the correct settings in your editor nor need to care about setting up editorconfig, it just works!

Compiler

Visual Studio 2022 Community

License

See LICENSE file