setting "editor.tabSize" not working correctly

[linghu86]

• VSCode Version:1.13
• OS Version:Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1.Set the option {"editor.tabSize": 2}
2.open a js file,then save it.you will see the "editor.tabSize" setting not working.

[secsilm]

Same issue. I have set "editor.tabSize": 4, but there is 2 spaces when I push TAB in a .py file.

• VSCode Version: 1.13.0
• OS Version:Windows 10

[alexdima]

@linghu86 @secsilm Please note there are three settings affecting how VS Code deals with indentation:

When editor.detectIndentation is true (Default)

• the files, when they are opened, are analysed, and if sufficient hints are present (e.g. the file is not empty, there are sufficient lines with indentation), VS Code will guess the indentation from the file.
• if the file does not have sufficient hints (e.g. the file is empty), VS Code will use the values configured in editor.tabSize and editor.insertSpaces.
• In both cases, the status bar entry at the bottom will show what VS Code uses. e.g. Spaces@4 or Tabs@4 etc.

When editor.detectIndentation is false

• the values configured in editor.tabSize and editor.insertSpaces will be used.

Perhaps you would want to run with editor.detectIndentation: false ?

[linghu86]

@alexandrudima

Still not working correctly.

First,Save My Setting,Like :

Create a new html file:

But when I save this file,the tab size still 4 spaces.

[alexdima]

@linghu86 from your screenshot, it appears the editor is correctly picking up your settings (See the Spaces: 2) in the status bar.

• Do you perhaps have installed some extension that might decide to "format on save" HTML files with incorrect indentation settings? Can you reproduce when running code --disable-extensions ?
• Does this happen for any file type (e.g. .txt file) or only for specific files (i.e. .html) ?

[secsilm]

@alexandrudima My problem is solved while I don't do anything. I don't konw what's going on. So weird.

[linghu86]

@secsilm
This problem is caused by other extensions
After I uninstalled several extensions, I solved the problem

@alexandrudima Thanks.

[whxaxes]

@linghu86 I just met the same problem, and I found it caused by JS-CSS-HTML Formatter, you could change the formatter config to solved the problem. F1 => formatter config => change indent_size => restart vscode.