Editor "On Save" option: "Convert Tabs to Spaces" ?

It's trivial to convert them in IDEA. Summon a Global Replace via Ctrl-Shift-R, check Regular Expressions on, \t for search, 4 spaces for replace, go. Better than opening every file :)

No, I didn't mean to make a replacement in every file, only in the one being saved right now. Same way as IDEA strips trailing spaces: Settings -> IDEA Settings -> Editor -> Strip trailing spaces on Save. That's where I suggest to add a checkbox "Convert Tabs to spaces on Save" if "Global Code Style" (Settings -> IDEA Settings) has "Use tab character" unchecked, i.e if user is not using Tabs.

But I liked your idea about global replacement in one go for the whole project ..

I like this idea...

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Evgeny Goldin wrote:

No, I didn't mean to make a replacement in every file, only in
the one being saved right now. Same way as IDEA strips trailing
spaces: Settings -> IDEA Settings -> Editor -> Strip trailing spaces
on Save. That's where I suggest to add a checkbox "Convert Tabs to
spaces on Save" if "Global Code Style" (Settings -> IDEA Settings)
has "Use tab character" unchecked, i.e if user is not using Tabs.

It would be cool, if it were not out of desperate necessity. Those people are 'untalkable'...

Yeah, I understand what you mean ..

That's because there's nothing to talk about.  People who use spaces for indentation are "Of The Devil" and must be purged of their sinful ways!  ;)

In any case, I agree, this would be a very simple and beneficial addition to IntelliJ IDEA.  

Please vote for the related request: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-131557