Changing editor tab width in eclipse 3.5

Question

I am trying to adjust the width of tabs from Window -> Preferences -> General -> Editors -> Text Editors where there is a field for "Display Tab Width". But no matter what I enter there the size of indentations when I start a newline in a Java file is 4. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Check your Java->Code Style->Formatter settings, to see whether you're using tabs or spaces; you might be using spaces!

Answer 2

Java files have a special place to edit this setting. You need to go to Window -> Prefs -> Java -> Formatter and edit the profile.

Answer 3

This setting is superseded for Java by the setting from the Code Style Formatter.

It can be found in Java / Code Style / Formatter (click Edit) / Indentation tab / Indentation

Answer 4

It works for me! Thanks.