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I'm using Visual Studio Code as my code editor.
I did a search on google but wasn't able to find anything about my issue. The issue is simple, pressing ⇥ Tab in the editor does nothing. I'm expecting it to insert 4 spaces. Anyone know what I can do to get ⇥ Tab working like expected?  (/questions/tagged/visual-studio-code) (show questions tagged 'visual-studio-code') visual-studio-code      (/q/35519538) (Short permalink to this question) Share  Share a link to this question     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/35519538/edit) () Improve this question  Follow (70:3:31e,16:bd3ebf37f607a14d,10:1742106233,16:4cfcadbeb6b2cf25,8:35519538,46e49aa15a9d5a9f0aeb5277423b952edf88273c6357b465213bec931028c7b1)  Follow this question to receive notifications       (/posts/35519538/revisions) (show all edits to this post) edited (2020-11-22 12:00:20Z) Nov 22, 2020 at 12:00    (/users/7329832/jps) (jps's user avatar)    (/users/7329832/jps) jps (reputation score 22,585) 22.6k (16 gold badges)  16  16 gold badges (88 silver badges)  88  88 silver badges (106 bronze badges)  106  106 bronze badges     asked (2016-02-20 05:28:29Z) Feb 20, 2016 at 5:28     anonanon        5 (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 141   I had a problem where tab would just tab outside of the editor (navigating between UI elements). Restarting the editor fixed it. – (/users/2234156/rivenfall) (1,273 reputation) Rivenfall  Commented (2019-04-02 08:48:10Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Apr 2, 2019 at 8:48      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 3   Not answering op questions, but for anyone else landing here after searching "visual studio tab not working" or having issue when hitting Tab in Visual Studio selects block instead of adding indentation. You can refer to (https://stackoverflow.com/a/39515014/2188407) this answer by (https://stackoverflow.com/users/2324535/karel-tamayo) Karel Tamayo  – (/users/2188407/justin-lessard) (11,981 reputation) Justin Lessard  Commented (2019-04-10 14:13:31Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Apr 10, 2019 at 14:13   (this comment was edited 1 time)          See (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/accessibility#_tab-trapping) VS reference for Tab trapping  – (/users/1159167/ricardo) (4,338 reputation) Ricardo  Commented (2021-11-12 01:42:51Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Nov 12, 2021 at 1:42      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 2   @AlainD The idea is probably to allow moving around in the editor without leaving the keyboard :) – (/users/3424423/nearoo) (4,966 reputation) Nearoo  Commented (2022-01-11 15:24:28Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Jan 11, 2022 at 15:24        @Nearoo Exactly.  Some people are unable to use a mouse so it's an important accessibility feature. – (/users/628881/devrobf) (7,213 reputation) devrobf  Commented (2023-09-20 10:03:35Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Sep 20, 2023 at 10:03        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid answering questions in comments.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          23 Answers 23   Sorted by:  (/questions/35519538/visual-studio-code-tab-key-does-not-insert-a-tab?answertab=scoredesc#tab-top) Reset to default   (scoredesc) Highest score (default)  (trending) Trending (recent votes count more)  (modifieddesc) Date modified (newest first)  (createdasc) Date created (oldest first)            This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:577ce0a2243d2647,10:1742106233,16:f9e3c1623d64ee49,8:42458207,164c0186fb5d9c89449fbc1ecd4df39ed1efb671d60163310e395f767b02bc16) 2992  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:90f1f84c88a7f16b,10:1742106233,16:0b2bbb855b9d27c1,8:42458207,c04310ccb76784cec78c230335fbbca172fbbe20a532d233bbf4358f996c7b9e)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/42458207/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    I had accidentally enabled a different mode for the tab key. Fixed it by pressing Ctrl +Shift +M (for Mac), or Ctrl +M (for Windows and Linux). From the (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings#_basic-editing) Visual Studio Code Keybinding docs : Command Key Command id   Toggle Use of Tab Key for Setting Focus Ctrl+M  editor.action.toggleTabFocusMode       The current tab control mode should also show up in the status bar. It should say Tab Moves Focus : (https://i.sstatic.net/RTMqF.png) ()     (/a/42458207) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/42458207/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:32ac03daec3e6157,10:1742106233,16:19a1d7b39fc3f343,8:42458207,0ff2dc3f2b1da15f3506892137dc1aedc2c4caa39d805d62c13fb930ba2ca4b0)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       (/posts/42458207/revisions) (show all edits to this post) edited (2025-01-07 20:56:05Z) Jan 7 at 20:56    (/users/17726418/user17726418) (user17726418's user avatar)    (/users/17726418/user17726418) user17726418 (reputation score) 2,362 (8 gold badges)  8  8 gold badges (16 silver badges)  16  16 silver badges (34 bronze badges)  34  34 bronze badges     answered (2017-02-25 15:56:27Z) Feb 25, 2017 at 15:56   (/users/25280/pypmannetjies) (pypmannetjies's user avatar)    (/users/25280/pypmannetjies) pypmannetjies pypmannetjies (reputation score 31,634) 31.6k (7 gold badges)  7  7 gold badges (42 silver badges)  42  42 silver badges (49 bronze badges)  49  49 bronze badges        8 (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 114   Happened to me when I tried to use the code collapse (Ctrl + M, Ctrl + O ). Thx. – (/users/5224021/interesting-name-here) (1,890 reputation) interesting-name-here  Commented (2018-01-07 20:16:48Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Jan 7, 2018 at 20:16      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 9   @Jannunen you're right, sadly for us who have 25inch screens, nobody is gonna notice that teeny tiny thing in the corner... – (/users/3816700/strwoc) (533 reputation) strwoc  Commented (2019-03-08 15:10:38Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Mar 8, 2019 at 15:10      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 12   What a truly peculiar setting. It's especially confusing because Ctrl-M is used to open up a development menu in the Android emulator (writing in React Native / Expo). I must have accidentally pressed it when VSCode was open and not the emulator.  What a bewilderingly strange feature, though. – (/users/232220/teekin) (13,299 reputation) Teekin  Commented (2019-10-06 19:10:15Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Oct 6, 2019 at 19:10   (this comment was edited 1 time)        (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 9   Delete the keybinding for Toggle Tab Key Moves Focus immediately so this never happens again! See answer by @Addison. – (/users/2377399/alaind) (6,675 reputation) AlainD  Commented (2020-06-17 09:29:42Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Jun 17, 2020 at 9:29   (this comment was edited 1 time)        (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 2   @Teekin It's not bewilderingly strange, it's to allow moving the focus (as tab does in most contexts) without touching the mouse.  This might be preference for some, and is vital for others, as some people are unable to use a mouse.  The feature is labelled an "Accessibility mode". – (/users/628881/devrobf) (7,213 reputation) devrobf  Commented (2023-09-20 10:01:50Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Sep 20, 2023 at 10:01        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.)  |  (Expand to show all comments on this post) Show 3 more comments            This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:acb52ba06b08283a,10:1742106233,16:f83c00b5d1f2596f,8:64615661,2d7584ef14d1f403aaff7959493bfd6c8825894429e1041058dbb909022d094b) 475  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:69c6b96441924c19,10:1742106233,16:6871cc85753ba111,8:64615661,78e47f86f5b61ed2e4c00e433651e8a2664e71d99160016ffe21953c9bf54975)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/64615661/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    Click "Tab Moves Focus" at the bottom right in the status bar. That's it. (https://i.sstatic.net/O0wxo.png) (enter image description here)   I believe I had pressed ctrl +M . When doing this, the "Tab Moves Focus" tab/button showed up at the bottom right. Clicking on that makes it go away and starts working again. You can type ctrl +M again to toggle it off as other answers have pointed out, but that's not as easy to remember as just clicking on it.   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(reputation score 19,506) 19.5k (8 gold badges)  8  8 gold badges (72 silver badges)  72  72 silver badges (68 bronze badges)  68  68 bronze badges        6 (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 5   Saved me, I do not know how I enabled it but I installed a new keyboard and suddenly TAB was jumping into different windows. – (/users/2058333/el-dude) (5,618 reputation) El Dude  Commented (2021-04-30 22:08:49Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Apr 30, 2021 at 22:08        Microsoft products have many rubbish built in. another famous is Multiple Desktop in Windows 10, or unable to Create Desktop Shortcut in Windows 10 . so when you try to add Shortcut for Skype App into Desktop, good luck – (/users/1311909/duchuy) (612 reputation) duchuy  Commented (2021-06-08 09:27:37Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Jun 8, 2021 at 9:27      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   This should definitely be the accepted answer. I have no idea how this happened, but it was exactly my problem also. Thank you!!! – (/users/269361/fool4jesus) (2,237 reputation) fool4jesus  Commented (2023-11-16 13:16:21Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Nov 16, 2023 at 13:16        Does anyone know how I can remove this CTRL+M shortcut to something complex for "Tab Moves Focus". – (/users/4339275/harjeevan-tanda) (93 reputation) Harjeevan Tanda  Commented (2024-04-07 14:48:41Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Apr 7, 2024 at 14:48      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   Ctrl+M is unfortunately the 'Toggle Outlining' on the old PowerShell ISE. When I jump between that and VSCode I naturally hit the Ctrl+M by mistake. Most annoying. – (/users/1109507/rob-von-nesselrode) (801 reputation) Rob Von Nesselrode  Commented (2024-06-12 05:31:02Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Jun 12, 2024 at 5:31        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.)  |  (Expand to show all comments on this post) Show 1 more comment         This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:996beddb9d4723d2,10:1742106233,16:36a4ea01fae73a3f,8:57518800,e58679f3ecf09850a42e8e3d520c204e7916e256dd9561e0b4a4bfb9b5f4d12b) 351  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:c6c85a3a634925f7,10:1742106233,16:8e2f4668885b8777,8:57518800,89257ba094d8847c32495eb025f4549bfd66634dba9d2cbbc801b79af4124339)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/57518800/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    To fix the issue Pressing ctrl +M causes the ⇥ Tab key to move focus instead of inserting a ⇥ Tab character.Turn it off by pressing the shortcut again. To disable the shortcut Open "Keyboard Shortcuts" with ctrl +K , then ctrl +S .Or go to File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts . Search for toggle tab key moves focus . Right Click, Remove Keybinding .    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I use ctrl + m -> ctrl + k -> ctrl + 0 to collapse code and almost daily I accidentally break my tab functionally before this :) – (/users/1327570/ttugates) (6,311 reputation) ttugates  Commented (2019-08-28 13:36:49Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Aug 28, 2019 at 13:36   (this comment was edited 1 time)        (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   I just installed MSVS 2019. I don't see Preferences under the File tab. ctrl-k, ctrl-s opens a list of snippets. I don't see a "toggle tab key moves focus" option. Which version of MSVS are you using? – (/users/4079867/riderbill) (898 reputation) riderBill  Commented (2019-11-04 22:36:49Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Nov 4, 2019 at 22:36      (number of 'useful comment' votes received) 1   @riderBill - This is for the latest VS Code 1.39.2 (2019-10-15). You are using (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio) Microsoft Visual Studio , which is not to be confused with (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code) Visual Studio Code . – (/users/2656614/addison) (8,437 reputation) Addison  Commented (2019-11-05 00:00:39Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Nov 5, 2019 at 0:00   (this comment was edited 1 time)          Oh. <:^| My mistake. But not (entirely) my fault. I'll plead "Microsoft is an industry leader in poor choices for naming new products." As is Google. Ever try to search for help on Google Messages? [Sigh] – (/users/4079867/riderbill) (898 reputation) riderBill  Commented (2019-11-07 17:52:06Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Nov 7, 2019 at 17:52        With no obvious indication as to what's happening, what an utterly stupid UI design. Thanks for the answer. :) – (/users/1372355/adambean) (1,161 reputation) Adambean  Commented (2021-05-14 14:19:05Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) May 14, 2021 at 14:19        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.)  |  (Expand to show all comments on this post) Show 2 more comments            This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:cbec38fbfb331d3e,10:1742106233,16:110018741c8a19c8,8:57596752,c365683bc110209b83980a400deeca7c5b0716ab6549212bcecf20ff1f2edb5d) 99  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:e26437ce396164b5,10:1742106233,16:788a8d76c8c814b0,8:57596752,db96193f3c085bdabb23e62d2380d2f963d6d31ef9a7b20236d3b35bd0268e35)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/57596752/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    Click on the explorer or any other window that is not the editor then press Ctrl + Shift (for Mac only) + M , this is the command to "Toggle Tab Key Moves Focus" on the Keyboard Shortcuts.   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And Dan, that's a tad hyperbolic, considering the default in Visual Studio to format a document is actually Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D - (http://visualstudioshortcuts.com/2017/) visualstudioshortcuts.com/2017  – (/users/2196304/kymikoloco) (1,503 reputation) KymikoLoco  Commented (2019-04-25 15:34:21Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Apr 25, 2019 at 15:34        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:dd75cd0fbb4e5479,10:1742106233,16:0b1de4629f7f14fe,8:58702028,fb45cebea34f596d2baf59c2afe720e0aededfda32373bef7bc9f7b92761f43e) 11  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:d68519d23dab493a,10:1742106233,16:01fba0c0fd6b97be,8:58702028,c8c193e71fc3b049162fce16107bd1b5abde4d3336a834c793e0d582ff49629a)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/58702028/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    [Edit] This answer is for MSVS (the IDE, as opposed to VS Code ). It seems Microsoft and Google go out of their way to choose confusing names for new products. I'll leave this answer here for now, while I (continue to) look for the equivalent stackoverflow question about MSVS . Let me know in the comments if you think I should delete it. Or better, point me to the MSVS version of this question. I installed MSVS 2017 recently. None of the suggestions I've seen fixed the problem. The solution I figured out works for MSVS 2015 and 2017. Add a comment below if you find that it works for other versions. Under Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C/C++ -> Formatting -> General, try unchecking the "Automatically indent when I type a tab" box. It seems counter intuitive, but it fixed the problem for me. 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Yes, I want tab to indent, but I still want tab to work to format other parts of the line if not at the beginning. The VS2022 IDE disables tab if not used at the beginning of the line if this option is checked. Thank you! – (/users/3422102/david-c-rankin) (84,662 reputation) David C. Rankin  Commented (2023-04-28 16:48:31Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Apr 28, 2023 at 16:48        Thanks, had this exact issue with VS2015. – (/users/163286/piers) (773 reputation) Piers  Commented (2024-09-11 05:40:03Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Sep 11, 2024 at 5:40        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) 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But I noticed shift + ⇥ Tab worked as expected (outdenting the line). So I looked for the "Indent Line" shortcut (which was assigned to alt + ctrl + cmd + 0 ), assigned it to tab, and now I'm happy again.  Next morning edit...  I also use tab to accept snippet suggestions, so I've set the "when" of "Indent Line" to editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly && !inSnippetMode && !suggestWidgetVisible .   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Thank you for figuring out a functioning when condition. – (/users/4832389/joe) (917 reputation) Joe  Commented (2021-09-22 07:26:19Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Sep 22, 2021 at 7:26        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:4b5e4f8ba3ffb55b,10:1742106233,16:d02a51b44998ff82,8:49964450,8ae2f52aab97de7c8dad9e2e01de3d40fc638cad714930f594e4e2c956ab1fc1) 9  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:70fb1a83a013ba84,10:1742106233,16:5570dfd074057d2d,8:49964450,f3890767d2e4ba0eb61ceed9b781ed3737378ba40aa8a82d9fd90a0bf3ade8e5)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/49964450/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    I am using code on xfce - did the following to fix the Tab key behavior: File -> Preferences -> Settings search for "keyboard.dispatch"  copy to right panel and change value from "code" to "keyCode"  Reload code   (/a/49964450) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0) CC BY-SA 3.0     (/posts/49964450/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:1d039aa0acd8abbe,10:1742106233,16:af986b23f98ca6ce,8:49964450,f10ab9edf73eb3dede2ceb5a599f9c7f7d7e368ac5aab04dfc2156538d7f1300)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2018-04-22 09:28:18Z) Apr 22, 2018 at 9:28   (/users/206847/sagi) (Sagi's user avatar)    (/users/206847/sagi) Sagi Sagi (reputation score) 109 (1 silver badge)  1  1 silver badge (1 bronze badge)  1  1 bronze badge           (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. 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Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:9e5b3ac01b463958,10:1742106233,16:c07b99e17e37602e,8:67437027,3fa524ef65b4f969a40a5fed2a66c17d92f918c8073d49244596f8e87cdefad0) 4  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:93b2508ffabd9a10,10:1742106233,16:f6d7dc00e7ba4200,8:67437027,8cee8004dd280363b1a4792210af24d5ca9c88169cb317c55d4b9f2a90b6779d)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/67437027/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    For some reason, after an update, my tab key was unbinded of 'tab' default behaviour. So I have to open File>Preferences>Keyboad Shortcuts , search for the simple "tab" line, and bind to the tab key again. Pretty awkward, but worked.   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(https://i.sstatic.net/smNWj.jpg) (If your tab is not inserting space instead focusing then following solution will work for you)     (/a/75623782) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/75623782/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:11c98214317e9d0f,10:1742106233,16:c9a10860e00745e2,8:75623782,e1768698a13e5ff7e12b8e79c4b7dcf17ef09b852ed0f3c6c8f81b7540aca03d)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       (/posts/75623782/revisions) (show all edits to this post) edited (2023-03-03 09:01:46Z) Mar 3, 2023 at 9:01    (/users/2227743/eric-aya) (Eric Aya's user avatar)    (/users/2227743/eric-aya) Eric Aya (reputation score 70,119) 70.1k (36 gold badges)  36  36 gold badges (189 silver badges)  189  189 silver badges (259 bronze badges)  259  259 bronze badges     answered (2023-03-03 06:23:56Z) Mar 3, 2023 at 6:23   (/users/17161709/muhammad-sumon) (Muhammad Sumon's user avatar)    (/users/17161709/muhammad-sumon) Muhammad Sumon Muhammad Sumon (reputation score) 99 (7 bronze badges)  7  7 bronze badges        1   Mine said "Tab Moves Focus". Clicking it solved the issue. – (/users/857113/frank-forte) (2,220 reputation) Frank Forte  Commented (2024-05-31 14:35:29Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) May 31, 2024 at 14:35   (this comment was edited 1 time)          (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:368a4f72fe828189,10:1742106233,16:36884602b87096f0,8:51037149,8960b51cdd0341b96caa4df582ca1a898571746b8260f791a613863f6a6b37cc) 3  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:e3085de4c7f3aeb3,10:1742106233,16:1dd0392f66e349a3,8:51037149,8c3fd9d2179d57de1c0cde0433ca6a344cd91a78041a9e0a85d1031b3029f93e)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/51037149/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    Maybe another program is interfering? Closing Teamviewer fixed the problem for me.   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After closing TeamViewer, tab works in both instances! – (/users/2727080/milo%c5%a1-stani%c4%87) (530 reputation) Miloš Stanić  Commented (2018-11-09 10:03:12Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Nov 9, 2018 at 10:03        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:38ce0cb7414f638b,10:1742106233,16:67c11d998eda88bb,8:60034523,1dda4bff985fcac1acd8f233f20bb2f2f77604da9012c750b3cea1d7606041af) 2  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:16dba7c86d091632,10:1742106233,16:da7909111227e221,8:60034523,53665fc05f053d681c6dd6670540734f404477b8143001e70b845cdfd280c5a4)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/60034523/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    I've had this happen before as well, where there was TeamViewer client takes the control of the TAB key. You won't know this until you close the TV window that you have open in the background.   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On Mac,Preferences -> settings -> Search for "tab"Uncheck Insert spaces when pressing tab (https://i.sstatic.net/u0Fsu.png) (enter image description here)     (/a/69689767) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/69689767/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:075b6591a3d997ca,10:1742106233,16:e4405dc15aec6721,8:69689767,0b48a1fac490145d44042d9400ebca6d01a78ca94fa3c4e324b8b2b506cd7f1c)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2021-10-23 15:56:14Z) Oct 23, 2021 at 15:56   (/users/4238238/kishorekumar-yakkala) (Kishorekumar Yakkala's user avatar)    (/users/4238238/kishorekumar-yakkala) Kishorekumar Yakkala Kishorekumar Yakkala (reputation score) 341 (7 silver badges)  7  7 silver badges (16 bronze badges)  16  16 bronze badges           (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. 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I would only resort to doing this if none of the other answers work. – (/users/4294399/general-grievance) (5,033 reputation) General Grievance  Commented (2024-11-11 14:58:10Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Nov 11, 2024 at 14:58        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:3876902739e3f023,10:1742106233,16:9d4041864c2f4873,8:69188160,d7f18016924b9f4d9f02f9dd5a6a245b271be719d1710578e13862edd83390ec) 1  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:4dd8276888ff0af1,10:1742106233,16:72f602811b57c449,8:69188160,d1938c2be1f97bd6dad3fa709f1be0f457f3f5f1283980b37687b3268fdf70a7)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/69188160/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    Check your key mapping (File > Preferences > Key Mapping) [Ctrl+K Ctrl+S].
In the input line at the top write 'tab' and bind tab command with tab key . It works for me. Some extension overwrite it.   (/a/69188160) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/69188160/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:3ea39c83dc19784e,10:1742106233,16:087f62d495f6d0ba,8:69188160,a36a88eca0a8523d394eec6df921d7bc6350fe7c8cebfccead06379b093c9a66)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2021-09-15 06:40:15Z) Sep 15, 2021 at 6:40   (/users/10186877/matt) (Matt's user avatar)    (/users/10186877/matt) Matt Matt (reputation score) 39 (1 silver badge)  1  1 silver badge (3 bronze badges)  3  3 bronze badges           (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) 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The question is asked for VS Code I guess. – (/users/916000/taha-paksu) (15,616 reputation) Taha Paksu  Commented (2019-06-20 05:33:57Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Jun 20, 2019 at 5:33        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:727b26b31b12ff29,10:1742106233,16:152bf23434a1a758,8:70791489,9b47651cd84aa176d93ef0d81057fdb9aedfce8c05f42c9b7a45a0804c88c419) 0  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:20f32945b4bda25a,10:1742106233,16:2eeaec2c6cc9a9f3,8:70791489,c86cb02e101909288a7112f08c5700179d1b44cb23e116caac58d71b3b152a27)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/70791489/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    In 2022, above not working any more, Microsoft changed the key binding On Mac, Cmd + shift + M no longer working Instead you should use :   ctrl  + shift + M Here is evidence: (https://i.sstatic.net/SwnGP.jpg) (enter image description here)     (/a/70791489) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 4.0) CC BY-SA 4.0     (/posts/70791489/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:ad0b3c2bc641b5fa,10:1742106233,16:e6f663f71e6afce5,8:70791489,ce8ebe51785ff3807b9d5ea00606b262a88573304af60fef2419b46c75b65503)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2022-01-20 18:22:44Z) Jan 20, 2022 at 18:22   (/users/3521515/hoogw) (hoogw's user avatar)    (/users/3521515/hoogw) hoogw hoogw (reputation score) 5,563 (1 gold badge)  1  1 gold badge (45 silver badges)  45  45 silver badges (36 bronze badges)  36  36 bronze badges        1   Ctrl+M still works for me on vscode 1.64.1 on Windows. What version of vscode are you on? – (/users/680268/stealth-rabbi) (10,346 reputation) Stealth Rabbi  Commented (2022-02-10 18:35:45Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0) Feb 10, 2022 at 18:35        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.) Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:87f1ee4b8fb9d4e6,10:1742106233,16:e2822f3f5b24d922,8:75578122,bb9ebe048a3470ab1d99b49a1d720dd78234983947a68b814752fc4a49f6be06) 0  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:e9568a56183d9fb3,10:1742106233,16:6f9f034dcf7668b2,8:75578122,4e934e6481828cf15c0c6e32934ed4969fc9bfad37abfb48be0c8ce7a44865cf)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/75578122/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    Had the same issue on Mac.
The Ctrl + Shift + M solution was not the correct one in my case. The indentation of a code line when pressing the Tab key was not possible because the key binding for indentation was set to a 4-key combination. I did reset it to the Tab key in the key bindings settings (Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts) and added && !config.emmet.triggerExpansionOnTab to the when expression, since I use the emmet plugin.   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Add a comment |  (Expand to show all comments on this post)          This answer is useful  (70:3:31e,16:9d106e607a148d3c,10:1742106233,16:e1c9effdf9a1e32d,8:35532029,ad3a0b582363a4c2363650786758668a808b6c4b0179dc62127478fb2ef46824) -2  (This answer is not useful)    (70:3:31e,16:63969921b664eda9,10:1742106233,16:41f760ab163eb600,8:35532029,45c71d40f43ce8c2681b903d512984af2ec3d23e3479063b4da393c15fb859f0)      Save this answer.  (Loading when this answer was accepted…)     (/posts/35532029/timeline)    Show activity on this post.    Not sure what operating system you're on, but there was a known issue with the tab key on one of the more recent releases of VS Code for Mac OS X. The bug has been fixed in the latest release (0.10.9). On Mac OS X, you can check for the latest update by opening VS Code and then going to [Code > Check for Updates]. Sources and more information: (https://code.visualstudio.com/Updates) https://code.visualstudio.com/Updates     (/a/35532029) (Short permalink to this answer) Share  Share a link to this answer     Copy link (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) (The current license for this post: CC BY-SA 3.0) CC BY-SA 3.0     (/posts/35532029/edit) () Improve this answer  Follow (70:3:31e,16:a81f0fe3337946b4,10:1742106233,16:b57c6a6c9c98309d,8:35532029,21e76f10c04929be4b4920b17b3a548485cc638c7fe0008cccddc9f7dcea1957)  Follow this answer to receive notifications       answered (2016-02-21 03:43:35Z) Feb 21, 2016 at 3:43   (/users/5953701/hxlnt) (hxlnt's user avatar)    (/users/5953701/hxlnt) hxlnt hxlnt (reputation score) 636 (7 silver badges)  7  7 silver badges (7 bronze badges)  7  7 bronze badges        1   The latest update didn't do it for me - I pulled the March insiders release and that worked great. – (/users/428015/benkraus) (707 reputation) benkraus  Commented (2016-04-13 14:10:19Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Apr 13, 2016 at 14:10        (Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. 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