Tab characters

gcotterl · Post by **gcotterl** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:01 pm

When I press the space bar multiple times in the Find What box or in the Fill Block dialog box, tab characters are inserted into the document.

How can I prevent this?

Post by **MudGuard** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:47 am

the only thing I can imagine:
check the indentation settings - maybe indentation is configured to use tabs.

gcotterl · Post by **gcotterl** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:48 pm

preferences
document classes
default
tabulation
default tab spacing = 8
indent size = 8
all other boxes are empty

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preferences
document classes
text
tabulation
default tab spacing = 8
indent size = 8
all other boxes are empty

gcotterl · Post by **gcotterl** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:35 am

Which settings in Configuration/Preferences need to be changed?

Post by **AmigoJack** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:34 pm

Start with a new document.
Try to reproduce your "replace" experience.
You couldn't? Then have a look what could be an important detail in that document where you experienced it first and try to incorporate it into this new document. Go back to step 2.
You could? Try again afresh: new document, and turn it into that condition it needs to reproduce your "replace" bug.
Post steps to reproduce here. Be precise, as in "I'm searching for 5 space characters and want to replace them with 2 space characters" - as that is more precise than "multiple times".

gcotterl · Post by **gcotterl** » Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:10 am

I can't reproduce the issue today.

Yesterday, I downloaded and installed version 8.9.0. Maybe it fixed the problem?

I'll continue trying your suggestion.

I will let you know if the problem recurs.