Question

The default settings in Xcode 3.2.6 do some automatic indentation: typing if (something) and pressing return (when the cursor is to the right of the closing paren) automatically indents the cursor by one tab. How can I turn this feature off?

I tried turning off “syntax-aware indenting” however this doesn’t solve the problem. Pressing return in the above example still indents the cursor (it’s aligned with if in this case).

My ultimate goal is to avoid “stray tabs” (blank lines that have tabs).

Answer 1

You could hook in a code beautifier to clean up the tabs afterwards: http://robertjpayne.com/post/9092159751/using-uncrustify-directly-in-xcode-4