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/*!
    \page creator-preferences-text-editor-behavior.html
    \previouspage creator-reference.html

    \ingroup creator-reference-preferences-text-editor

    \title Behavior

    \brief Set preferences for indentation, typing, and file encoding in the
    text editor.

    To specify indentation settings for text files that do not have C++ or
    QML code (such as Python code files), select \preferences >
    \uicontrol {Text Editor} > \uicontrol Behavior.

    \image {qtcreator-preferences-texteditor-behavior-indentation.webp} {Behavior tab in Text Editor preferences}

    You can specify how to interpret the \key Tab and \key Backspace key
    presses and how to align continuation lines.

    \section1 Specifying Tab Settings

    You can specify tab settings at the following levels:

    \list
        \li For all C++ files
        \li For all QML files
        \li For all other text files
        \li For C++ files in a project
        \li For QML files in a project
        \li For other text files in a project
    \endlist

    \section2 Specifying Tabs and Indentation

    You can specify tab policy and tab size in the
    \uicontrol {Tabs and Indentation} group. In the \uicontrol {Tab policy}
    field, select whether to use only spaces or only tabs for indentation,
    or to use a mixture of them.

    By default, the tab length in code editor is 8 spaces and the indent size is
    4 spaces. You can specify the tab length and indent size separately for each
    project and for different types of files.

    You can have continuation lines aligned with the previous line. In the
    \uicontrol {Align continuation lines} field, select
    \uicontrol {Not at all} to disable automatic alignment and indent
    continuation lines to the logical depth. To always use spaces for alignment,
    select \uicontrol {With Spaces}. To follow the \uicontrol {Tab policy},
    select \uicontrol {With Regular Indent}.

    \section1 Setting Typing Preferences

    When you type text or code, it is indented automatically according to the
    selected text editor or code style preferences. To set typing preferences,
    select \preferences > \uicontrol {Text Editor} >
    \uicontrol Behavior > \uicontrol Typing.

    To disable automatic indentation, clear
    \uicontrol {Enable automatic indentation}.

    You can specify how the indentation is decreased when you select
    \uicontrol Backspace in the \uicontrol {Backspace indentation} field. To go
    back one space at a time, select \uicontrol None. To decrease indentation
    in leading white space by one level, select
    \uicontrol {Follows Previous Indents}. To move back one tab length if the
    character to the left of the cursor is a space, select
    \uicontrol Unindents.

    You can specify whether the \key Tab key automatically indents text when you
    select it. To automatically indent text, select \uicontrol Always in the
    \uicontrol {Tab key performs auto-indent} field. To only indent text when
    the cursor is located within leading white space, select \uicontrol {In
    Leading White Space}.

    Your highlight definition file can have definitions for both multi and
    single line comments. To apply the single line comment definition when
    commenting out a selection, select \uicontrol {Prefer single line comments}.
    In \uicontrol {Preferred comment position}, select \uicontrol Automatic to
    let the highlight definition for the file determine the position of single
    line comments. If no highlight definition is available, the comments are
    placed after leading whitespace. Select \uicontrol {After Whitespace} to
    always place them there. Select \uicontrol {At Line Start} to place single
    line comments at the end of the line.

    \sa {Configure editors}{How to: Configure editors}, {Find preferences},
    {Indent text or code}, {Specify Qt Quick code style}, {Configuring editors},
    {C++ Code Style}, {Nim}
*/
