Tab Size on GitHub

Make tab indented code more readable by forcing the tab size to 4 instead of 8

Tab Size on GitHub: Customise Code Readability

"Tab Size on GitHub" is a useful web browser extension specifically designed for Chrome. Its main functionality is to enhance the readability of code that is indented with tabs on GitHub. By default, browsers and GitHub set the width of a tab to 8 spaces which can lead to readability issues for developers. This extension modifies that setting on GitHub to make the tab width equal to 4 spaces, hence improving the visibility and readability of the code.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2024-05-30

By: Sindre Sorhus

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.96

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Version: 1.2.0 (Last updated: 2021-09-26)

Creation date: 2018-09-24

Risk impact: High risk impact

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Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

https://github.com/*/*
https://gist.github.com/*/*
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/*/*

Size: 5.21K

Email: si*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

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Update: GitHub now has a tab size setting: https://github.blog/changelog/2021-09-21-tab-size-rendering-preference/

By default, in browsers, the tab character takes up 8 spaces in width. This makes tab-indented code hard to read. GitHub could have easily overridden this with a more reasonable number like 4, but they have chosen not to. Hence why this extension exists. It sets the tab width to 4.