Tab Replace

A simple VS Code extension that converts all tab characters in your documents to spaces, using your configured editor.tabSize setting.

Features

• 🔄 Smart Conversion: Automatically uses your editor.tabSize setting
• 🎯 Language Aware: Respects language-specific tab size configurations
• ⚡ Fast & Efficient: Processes entire documents quickly
• 📊 Feedback: Shows how many tabs were converted

Command Palette

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P)
2. Type Replace all tabs with spaces
3. Press Enter

Keyboard Shortcut

• Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Shift+X
• macOS: Cmd+Shift+X

How It Works

The extension:

1. Reads your current editor.tabSize setting (defaults to 4 if not set)
2. Finds all tab characters (\t) in the active document
3. Replaces each tab with the appropriate number of spaces
4. Shows a confirmation message with the number of tabs converted

Example

If your editor.tabSize is set to 2:

    // Before
    function example() {
    →   →   return "hello";
    }

    // After
    function example() {
        return "hello";
    }

Configuration

The extension automatically uses your VS Code settings:

Global Setting

    {
      "editor.tabSize": 4
    }