Convert tabs to spaces is broken

[brendanfalkowski]

Description

"Whitespace > Convert Tabs to Spaces" does not work in Atom 1.14.3 and 1.14.4.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run "Whitespace > Convert Tabs to Spaces"

Expected behavior: Tabs are replaced by spaces.

Actual behavior: Nothing happens.

Reproduces how often: 100%

Versions

Atom : 1.14.4
Electron: 1.3.13
Chrome : 52.0.2743.82
Node : 6.5.0

Additional Information

In Atom Safe Mode, replacement does have an effect but it only deletes all tabs (no replacement with spaces) which wrecks indentation.

[maxbrunsfeld]

Can you upgrade to the latest Atom version (1.18.0 or 1.19.0-beta0) and report whether this still happens?

[brendanfalkowski]

I have 1.17.2 which is the current stable. I'm not brave enough to run betas and do work all day.

Spaces to tabs = works
Tabs to spaces = fails

Video: https://cl.ly/kzYw

Hope that helps somewhat.

[l-fischer]

+1 This is happening for me also

[maxbrunsfeld]

@l-fischer What version of Atom are you using?

[l-fischer]

@maxbrunsfeld 1.18.0

[oyeanuj]

@maxbrunsfeld Spaces to Tab also doesn't work for me on any JS or Ruby file, regardless of whether the content is highlighted. I'm on Atom 1.20-beta2.

[Terrabits]

If I convert spaces to tabs, then tabs to spaces both conversions happen. Spaces to tabs converts correctly. The problem is, tabs to spaces converts several tabs into one set of spaces (i.e. all indents are lost).

I'm using released version 1.22.0 ia32

[srperetz]

I have a javascript file open in Atom 1.23.1 (on Sierra 10.12.6) that has hard tabs. When I select Convert Tabs to Spaces or Convert All Tabs to Spaces, nothing happens. Still all hard tabs.

[winstliu]

@srperetz does this happen for all files, or just that specific JS file? Can you reproduce this in safe mode (atom --safe)?

[srperetz]

@50Wliu it happens with all the files I've tried (multiple .js files and .sh files).

[srperetz]

@50Wliu no difference in safe mode either.

[monikajaskolka]

Still having this issue for Atom 1.25.0. Safe mode has no effect.

[ppt000]

same here on Atom 1.26.1

[surdu]

If I convert Tabs to Spaces, no matter how many tabs I have, all tabs will be converted to only 2 spaces. It doesn't care of file type, as far as I can tell.

Version 1.29.0-beta1 safe mode

[surdu]

I manage to fix the issue by completely removing Atom and all related files and re-installing it from scratch.

Other plugins have also started failing and I suspected that because I'm using sync-settings some setting may have been compromised. Maybe some setting became deprecated and sync-settings kept them around, I don't know.