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Is there a way to configure Eclipse to not use white spaces, BUT to still only indent 2,3,? spaces instead of the standard 4? I don't want to move to white spaces instead of tabbing, because I believe this is a personal choice for the person working on the project.

The closest answer I've seen is https://stackoverflow.com/a/2477132/5525659

It works, but I'm wondering if there is a better/easier way if people are sharing files different ways?

Any insights are appreciated.

Eric Fitzsimmons
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You can change the displayed tab width in Window > Preferences: General > Editors > Text Editors.

In Java, the displayed tab width can be set in the formatter profile: Window > Preferences: Java > Code Style > Formatter, in the profile dialog, in the Indentation tab, in the field Tab size.

Other editors might use the text editors preferences or have their own preferences.

howlger
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    Thank you. That's what I was looking for. It appears to work for some files, but not all, which I am guessing because those file types have different default tab settings that I will need to go in and override... or just deal with. – Eric Fitzsimmons Nov 22 '17 at 22:42