How to Change Tab Size in VSCode for macOS and Windows?
How can we change our VSCode indentation, or tab size?
Some of us prefer 2 spaces, while others may prefer 4 spaces.
Open Settings
First, let’s open VSCode’s Settings.
- On macOS, this will be under
Code→Preferences→Settings.- We can also use the macOS shortcut:
⌘ + ,
- We can also use the macOS shortcut:
- On Windows, this will be under
File→Preferences→Settings.- We can also use the Windows shortcut:
Ctrl + ,
- We can also use the Windows shortcut:
Search for tab size
Under Search settings, let’s search for tab size.
We should see a result for Editor: Tab Size.
There, we can set the number of spaces that a tab should be equivalent to.
The settings should be applied immediately.