Xcode 8 file indentation: How to set 2 spaces as default configuration?

Question

I am trying to set the default indentation and tabs in Xcode 8.x to 2 spaces

In the utilities I changes the default values from 4 to 2

However nothing has changed. Did I miss something?

Answer 1

You have to go to every file and then to Ctrl + A then Ctrl + I which will indent the file with the two spaces. That setting does not touch files already created in the project.

Answer 2

If you want to do this for all projects, you can set this globally in the Text Editing / Indentation preferences: