Tab Size on GitHub
Extension Delisted
This extension is no longer available in the official store. Delisted on 2025-09-16.
Make tab indented code more readable by forcing the tab size to 4 instead of 8
Update: GitHub now has a tab size setting: https://github.blog/changelog/2021-09-21-tab-size-rendering-preference/
By default, in browsers, the tab character takes up 8 spaces in width. This makes tab-indented code hard to read. GitHub could have easily overridden this with a more reasonable number like 4, but they have chosen not to. Hence why this extension exists. It sets the tab width to 4.
Latest reviews
It's so simple. I wish github could let me set tab size. Before that, this extension is awesome!
I wish there's an option to change it to 2.
I was about to delve into developing Chrome extensions but then I googled :) Good job, does exactly what it's supposed to do.
YES! Finally! Hard tabs for life!
Great!! Thanks a lot!!
Simple and useful.
Really Nice Work!
Awesome, I really hate how Github forces 8, was going to write an extension to do this; but found this.
