Incorrectly indented tabs if word length < editor.tabSize

[KONEY]

I've asked for help on stackoverflow where I was suggested this can actually be a bug to report so here it is.

I'm switching to VSCode but at this point all my sources are quite messed up and I manage to pinpoint what the problem is.

Basically when a tabulation char follows a word which is shorter than the editor.tabSize value VS will insert the amount of spaces in its settings minus the word length when it should probably insert said value PLUS the editor value.

An example code rendered in Notepad:

Same code rendered by VSCode with editor.tabSize=4:

Every instruction is followed by ONE tab but VSCode requires TWO if tab follows a word shorter than tabSize.

Here tabs following "LEA" instructions end up being only one space long (tabSize minus length of word)

Is there a way to prevent this annoying behaviour? Changing all the occurencies in code would be quite a long work and they would be messed up when opened in other editors, surely not a solution.

Thanks!

VS Code version: Code 1.85.1 (0ee08df, 2023-12-13T09:49:37.021Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes: Unsupported

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[RedCMD]

you can change the size of the tabs in the bottom right corner
looks like Notepad used 8wide tabs
while VSCode defaults to 4wide

there's more options in settings

tabs are 'bound' to a grid
placing a tab within any of the 4spaces of a 'cell' will padd it out to the end of that 'cell'
the problem is you have instructions that are below and above a multiple of 4 chars long, meaning they end in different cells

[KONEY]

Setting tab size to 10 fixed the problem!

thanks!