From 417b9ec2090637ab00167e54dae1b19f2470ae82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrey Lihatskiy <alihatskiy@productengine.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:21:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] #4926 Replace tabs with spaces in script messages

---
 indra/newview/llviewermessage.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewermessage.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewermessage.cpp
index e9f6d7175e..29f3bc62d5 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewermessage.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewermessage.cpp
@@ -2435,6 +2435,8 @@ void process_chat_from_simulator(LLMessageSystem *msg, void **user_data)
 
         color.setVec(1.f,1.f,1.f,1.f);
         msg->getStringFast(_PREHASH_ChatData, _PREHASH_Message, mesg);
+        // Preserve tabs from scripts by expanding them to spaces before any sanitization/formatting.
+        LLStringUtil::replaceTabsWithSpaces(mesg, 4);
 
         bool ircstyle = false;