Bug 159477

Summary: There should be a way to insert blank spaces instead of "\t" in the Basic IDE when Tab is pressed
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Rafael Lima <rafael.palma.lima>
Component: BASICAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.6.4.1 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard: QA:needsComment
Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
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Bug Blocks: 124891    

Description Rafael Lima 2024-01-31 14:52:05 UTC 
When editing code in the Basic IDE, an actual \t character is added. In modern code editors, instead of \t a sequence of blank spaces is added (usually 4 spaces).

I understand that some programmers may like having that \t character in their code, but I dislike it very much.

My proposal is: there should be a way to configure this behavior in the Basic IDE. Maybe in the Tools - Options - Basic IDE dialog we could have an entry "Add blank spaces instead of \t when pressing Tab".