Improve tabulator expansion
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- Java
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Description
### Description
If you press tabulator in value of text variables and enable expanding tab to spaces in Options -> Editor -> Formatting -> ... enable "Expand Tabs to Spaces" then number of spaces is not a same as for normal indention. That is probably bug, but I prefer to be there in "Option formatting" one more option to use escape sequence for tabulator if context enable.
### Use case/motivation
It is even clear and more readable.
### Related issues
_No response_
### Are you willing to submit a pull request?
No
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start in NetBeans at Options → Editor → Formatting and reproduce tab insertion in a text variable with “Expand Tabs to Spaces” enabled, comparing it with normal indentation. Trace the editor formatting behavior and clarify whether the goal is matching indentation width, an escape-sequence option, or both; done means the selected behavior is consistent and covered by an appropriate editor test.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100