What is the Keyboard shortcut to “untab” in Atom Editor?

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When we select lines and hit tab, it moves it to right. How do we do the opposite (move left by tab spaces) ?

score 34 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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In Atom and in most IDEs you can untab by hitting SHIFT and TAB.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Jun 07 '16 at 10:14

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It doesn't seem to work for comment lines. Any idea how to untab in that case? Using backspace only removes one space at a time, and using `Ctrl`+`backspace` removes too much. – afranques Oct 03 '18 at 17:55

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 10:16

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Use Ctrl+[ to decrease the indentation and Ctrl+] (which is similar as tab) to increase the indentation. Same is valid in other editors as well.

answered Jun 07 '16 at 10:16

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What is the Keyboard shortcut to “untab” in Atom Editor?

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