Use tabs instead of spaces in .csproj file in Visual Studio 2022

Question

When I'm creating a new project file, it generates a new .csproj file where single tabs are replaced with two spaces.

I can manually replace them through Edit->Advanced->Format Document (Ctrl+E, D), but I want to make it automatically when I'm creating a new one.

I tried to mess with tabs in options, but it's not working. How can I make it work?

Answer 1

This can be configured in the .editorconfig file in your project. These settings use tabs on C# files, but spaces on csproj files:

[*.{cs}]
charset = utf-8-bom
indent_style = tab
tab_width = 4

[*.{csproj}]
charset = utf-8-bom
indent_style = space
indent_size = 2
tab_width = 2