Why do I keep getting mixed tabs and spaces in a Visual Studio 2010 C# code window?

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ProfK picture ProfK · Mar 14, 2011 · Viewed 28k times · Source

I have just been working on a C# file (Global.asax.cs) in a web application for the last hour or so, and I have been shown the prompt to "tabify" or whatever about four times. Each time I choose to tabify and save the files, yet at some seemingly random point later on, I get prompted again.

I am using ReSharper, yet this doesn't happen when I code at home, also using ReSharper. Only at work.

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Justin Saraceno picture Justin Saraceno · Mar 14, 2011

Are you using the Productivity Power Tools VS 2010 extension? If so, go to Tools -> Options -> and choose Productivity Power Tools. Here you can turn off the option to Fix Mixed Tabs. This will turn off this warning.

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