Visual Studio Code Tab Key does not insert a tab

by

I’m using Visual Studio Code as my code editor.
I did a search on google but wasn’t able to find anything about my issue.

The issue is simple, pressing ⇥ Tab in the editor does nothing. I’m expecting it to insert 4 spaces.

Anyone know what I can do to get ⇥ Tab working like expected?

20 s
20

I had accidentally enabled a different mode for the tab key. Fixed it by pressing Cmd+Shift+M (for Mac), or Ctrl+M (for Windows).

From the Visual Studio Code Keybinding docs:

| Key      | Command                                 | Command id                       |
| Ctrl + M | Toggle Use of Tab Key for Setting Focus | editor.action.toggleTabFocusMode |

The current tab control mode should also show up in the status bar:

enter image description here

Leave a Comment