Changing Indentation

IntelliJ IDEA makes it possible to:

• Ident or unindent text. This action applies to a selection, or to a line at caret.
• Fix wrong indentation according to the code style.
• Choose tabs or spaces for indentation. This action applies to a selection, or the whole current file in the active editor.

To change indentation of a text fragment, do one of the following

• On the main menu, choose Edit | Indent Selection / Edit | Unindent Selection.
• Press ⇥ / ⇧⇥

To fix indentation

Sometimes it is necessary to change indentation of a line at caret.

• Place the caret at a line with wrong indentation.
• Press ⌃⌥I

To toggle between tabs and spaces

• On the main menu, choose Edit | Convert Indents, and then choose To Spaces or To Tabs respectively