# Selectable auto tabbing in the script editor

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selectable-auto-tabbing-in-the-script-editor/7573>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 15, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selectable-auto-tabbing-in-the-script-editor/7573 "2013-11-15T14:49:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![RRRancher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selectable-auto-tabbing-in-the-script-editor/7573/1 "2013-11-15T14:49:32Z")

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I would like to have a way to turn off the auto-tabbing in a script editor when you paste text. It appears that the editor looks at the previous line and tabs all the pasted text over to where that line is tabbed. Perhaps make it where if you paste on the very next line, it will tab over to match the previous line, but if you skip down a line, it doesn’t? It’s a bit frustrating when you paste in a big chunk of code and then have to select it all and untab it one or more times.

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selectable-auto-tabbing-in-the-script-editor/7573/2 "2013-11-15T16:05:54Z")

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Yes, I agree. The tabbing doesn’t seem right when pasting code into an Ignition script editor.