Indentation tabs don't respect tab size specified in Notepad++ settings

[ExE-Boss]

The size of indentation tabs should be what is defined in: Settings > Preferences > Language > Tab Settings > Tab size

[dail8859]

Can you provide more details (e.g. screenshots, versions, etc)? It works fine for me.

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[ExE-Boss]

It seems to only happen when I change fonts. Plugin version: 1.1 Notepad++ version: 7.3.3

Before:

After:

[dail8859]

Can you tell me what you changed exactly and to which font so I can try to reproduce it?

[ExE-Boss]

It happens when changing to any font where there is a visible difference in the space width (the ones in the screenshots are Consolas and Input respectively).

The setting is Settings > Style Configurator > Global Styles > Default Style > Font Note that I have been able to reproduce this only sometimes.

[dail8859]

This should fix it but I'd like you to verify it works. Download the zip below and extract. Copy the ElasticTabstops.dll file over the current one you have, most likely located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins

ElasticTabstops.zip

[ExE-Boss]

It still doesn't work (it only changes the indentation tab size when changing the open document)

[dail8859]

Would it be possible to zip up a small example text file and the exact font you are using (as it might be a customized version if Input)? I'm not sure if it is just any non-monospaced font or something specific to the Input font.

[ExE-Boss]

It happens with every arbitrary font for me (not just Input)

[dail8859]

It happens with every arbitrary font for me

Ok good to know. Using the DLL file from above...I set my default font to Times New Roman and this is what it looks like for a tab width of 8

Also to be clear I should state that if you make any changes to the style settings or tab sizes you should switch to another file and then switch back to it so it forces a recalculation of the tabstops. (Notepad++ doesn't notify plugins of those types of changes to style settings.)

[ExE-Boss]

Notepad++ doesn't notify plugins of those types of changes to style settings.

Looks like it's time to file a bug for Notepad++ to add that feature.

I discovered that it is needed to switch between open files on my own in a previous comment.

[dail8859]

So does that mean it is working (aside from the N++ issue) for you or is there still something I'm missing?

[ExE-Boss]

It is working now, minus the need to switch between open files when changing fonts or tab size.

[dail8859]

Ok, great. Thanks for the report.