Line Indent/Unindent buttons greyed out on Text Edit toolbar

[gwmatt]

Hi folks,

This is my first message here, so pardon me if this has come up before.

When I create or open a VB.NET project, the Line Indent/Unindent buttons on the Text Editor toolbar are greyed out, and I can't find a way to re-activate them. Oddly, when I create or open a C# project, the buttons are just as they are supposed to be. Maybe this is a subtle hint from Microsoft ;-)

I searched the registry high and low... and could find nothing that seemed to relate to this. I tried removing and re-entering these buttons on the toolbar. No luck. I tried creating a new custom toolbar that included these buttons. They were still greyed out. I even took the extreme measure of uninstalling and re-installing VS.NET. Nada.

Anybody out there have any suggestions? Yeah, I know... it's only a minor annoyance, and I can get the same results using the Tab/Backtab keys. It just torques me off that a product as sophisticated as VS.NET would have such an annoying bug. Short of a Voodoo ritual, I'm willing to try almost anything at this point.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions... even silly ones.

Glenn W. Matteson

 

[Volte]

It's because you're using Smart Tab mode. Go into the Properties,
find the 'Text Editor' -> 'Basic' -> 'Tabs' option, and change the tab
mode to 'Block'.

 

[gwmatt]

Thank you VolteFace! It worked. Somehow, I just knew it would turn out to be something mind-numbingly simple. And I didn't even have to resort to a voodo ritual! Whew!

Damn, you guys are good. I posted this question and within 20 minutes had a postitive response that was simple and worked like a charm. This forum officially doesn't bite rocks.