POLL: How Many Spaces Are in YOUR Tabs?

**eyeRmonkey** · Jul 8th, 2005, 06:52 PM

Well, I'm bored, so I thought I would make this poll, I think it qualifies as being relevant in this forums so here it is:

Under Tools > Options... > Editor, what is your Tab Width set to?

Lets not discuss how useless this information really is.

**dglienna** · Jul 8th, 2005, 08:02 PM

I had the default for a long time until I re-installed everything, but now I'm doing things the way they should be.

My tabs are now set to 2, which is enough to differentiate things, and now it looks nice to highlight code, and press tab or shift-tab to format things nicely.

**RobDog888** · Jul 8th, 2005, 08:06 PM

Yes, 4 spaces are the default standard for VB. When you get allot of code it makes it easier to differentiate the code blocks, etc.

**eyeRmonkey** · Jul 8th, 2005, 08:15 PM

dglienna, I should make an icon for our sigs: The Two-Space Tabbers Club. In no way would that be lame, so don't act like it would be.

**RhinoBull** · Jul 8th, 2005, 08:34 PM

I (personally) don't like less than 4 spaces indented code as it becomes less readable - 4 spaces (the default) is just perfect.
But again, it could be me ...

**techgnome** · Jul 8th, 2005, 08:38 PM

I tried 2 once.... for all of 5 minutes.... went right back to 4.

Tg

**RobDog888** · Jul 8th, 2005, 08:46 PM

Its set at 4 spaces as a Default for a reason. I'm sure MS did some kind of analysis on what should be the default. 2 is not
enough of a distinction to be of any help at all. More then 4 would be too much and make it difficult to read a line of code as it would
require the user to do a horizontal scroll.

**ZeBula8** · Jul 8th, 2005, 08:58 PM

TAB valid values are 1 to 32 - who would've thunk it?!

when i do use tabs, personally, I use four;

**dglienna** · Jul 8th, 2005, 09:10 PM

Hmmm. I never use the tab key, maybe I should change it back and start using it. It's easier to type 2 spaces than 4, but if I can use TAB, then it doesn't really matter.

**VIP3R** · Jul 8th, 2005, 10:51 PM

LOL...microsoft....analysis. Those two words don't go in the same sentence.

A tab to microsoft is basically half an inch (take a look at word, outlook, etc). The number 4 just fits that criteria perfectly without any thought put into it. Seems like microsoft standards to me :P.

Microsoft Analysis: Let's make an updated version of IE to plug all the security holes that we created and make the browser so different that all programs that use IE will not work the same afterwards. We'll make it so that when PHP outputs "\r\n" it no longer works, and when activex programs want to launch, we will make them click an annoying toolbar that makes this dialog box pop up to ask if you want to install the activex. Thereafter, we will ask one more time to make sure and be extremely annoying :P.

**eyeRmonkey** · Jul 9th, 2005, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by dglienna

Hmmm. I never use the tab key, maybe I should change it back and start using it. It's easier to type 2 spaces than 4, but if I can use TAB, then it doesn't really matter.

NO! dglienna! Don't turn to the dark side of the tab.

Actually one of the reasons I use 2 is because I use 2 when making HTML. Also, There are so many things docked in the IDE that I would have to scroll horz more if I did 4. I have tried turning off some docked stuff, but I always find myself going back to it really often. Maybe I'll play with it some more.

**penagate** · Jul 9th, 2005, 10:53 AM

I have my IDE set up so it is very quick to open/close windows. Solution Browser docked on the left, everything else docked on the right

And the Immediate Window I made undockable. So all I have to do to get a decent amount of space to view code is side-click (=double-click) on the Toolbox window's X button, and that closes the properties window too, getting rid of the side bar. They are the only ones I ever use.

And yes I have 4 spaces in my tabs

**RobDog888** · Jul 9th, 2005, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by eyeRmonkey

NO! dglienna! Don't turn to the dark side of the tab.

Actually one of the reasons I use 2 is because I use 2 when making HTML. Also, There are so many things docked in the IDE that I would have to scroll horz more if I did 4. I have tried turning off some docked stuff, but I always find myself going back to it really often. Maybe I'll play with it some more.

Increase your screen resolution so you dont need to do horizontal scrolling.

I run 1280x1024. Practically no scrolling at all needed.

**eyeRmonkey** · Jul 9th, 2005, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by RobDog888

Increase your screen resolution so you dont need to do horizontal scrolling.

I run 1280x1024. Practically no scrolling at all needed.

You don't know how much I wish I could increase my resolution. I am running a Radeon 9800 Pro on an Alienware, but The max I can get is 1024x768 because I have an 8x card running on and 4x AGP slot. This causes many other problems too. I found out what the problem was after my warrenty was up. This is the last prebuilt computer I am ever buying.

**RhinoBull** · Jul 9th, 2005, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by penagate

I have my IDE set up so it is very quick to open/close windows. Solution Browser docked on the left, everything else docked on the right

And the Immediate Window I made undockable. So all I have to do to get a decent amount of space to view code is side-click (=double-click) on the Toolbox window's X button, and that closes the properties window too, getting rid of the side bar. They are the only ones I ever use.

And yes I have 4 spaces in my tabs

Well, when it comes to IDE - I use SDI (single doc interface) wich is not (unfortunately) available in .Net.

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