Tab stops can be defined by using preferences for the editor.
The default tab settings for the COBOL Editor tabs are columns 8,
12, 17 and every 4 characters after column 17.
About this task
You can specify any number of values. The values must be
integers that are listed in increasing order and separated by a blank
space.
After the last custom tab stop, remaining tab stops are
calculated based on the tab width preference value.
Procedure
- To set the tab width value, complete the following steps.
- To set the tab width value, click .
- In the Display tab width field,
type an integer value 1 - 16. The default value is 4. The
value for Insert spaces for tabs field is ignored
in the COBOL Editor. Tabs are replaced with spaces for these editors.
- Complete the following steps to set custom tabs.
- To set the tab width value, click .
- In the Custom tab stops field,
type the tab stop locations. The values that are specified must be
integers in ascending order.
Example
If the Custom tab stops are “8
12 20” and the Displayed tab width is 2, the
tab stops are "8 12 20 22 24" and so on, in increments of 2. When
the Tab key is pressed in the editor, the cursor stops at each of the tab
stops.