Changing Indentation

IntelliJ IDEA makes it possible to:

Indent or unindent text. This action applies to a selection, or to a line at caret.
Fix wrong indentation according to the code style.
Choose tabs or spaces for indentation. This action applies to a selection, or the whole current file in the active editor.

To change indentation of a text fragment, do one of the following

To fix indentation

Sometimes it is necessary to change indentation of a line at caret.

To toggle between tabs and spaces

On the main menu, choose Edit | Convert Indents , and then choose To Spaces or To Tabs respectively.

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