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VSCODIUM cant indent html with standard tab 4spaces

on a fresh install of VSCodium with extension Prettier on Debian 12 I can't have a standard indent with tabs of 4 spaces on a HTML file.

(I enabled the option to format file on save)

On the right bottom corner of the window I chose the indent tabs then 4spaces, but nothing changes. Triggering the command reindent file indents just as i want (tabs of 4 spaces), but as soon as I save, it goes back to an indent of 2spaces.

Any idea will be very appreciated! Thanks

format on save option:

format on save option

inconsistent indent:

inconsistent indent

I tried onvarious html files in order to avoid any html error being responsible, but i always have the same result.

Solution

  • You need to configure Prettier to use tabs of that width, as it defaults to two spaces. Using an .editorconfig file is likely the simplest and most portably way to do that.