Indenting by spaces using HTMLTidy in Notepad++

html, indentation, notepad++, tabs, tidy

Solution

The HTML Tidy docs say that tidy never outputs tabs. But, since you're in Notepad++, you can use `TextFX Edit -> Leading space to tabs` to convert the spaces that HTMLTidy gives you into tabs. Just make sure that `indent-spaces` is set to `4` in your config file.

The location of your config file will vary depending on how you installed notepad++ and what version you have, but its path will probably look like one of these

C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\NPPTextFX\tidycfg.ini
C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\Config\tidy\tidycfg.ini

Problem

How do I make it so that instead of indenting my elements by multiples of 2 spaces (when formatting without wrapping is selected), HTMLTidy indents them by multiples of tabs (4 spaces long but only 1 byte in size)?

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