no-tabs

Disallow all tabs

Some style guides don’t allow the use of tab characters at all, including within comments.

Rule Details

This rule looks for tabs anywhere inside a file: code, comments or anything else.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

/* eslint no-tabs: "error" */ var a = 2; /** *  it's a test function */ function test(){} var x = 1; //  test 
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Examples of correct code for this rule:

/* eslint no-tabs: "error" */ var a = 2; /** * it's a test function */ function test(){} var x = 1; // test 
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Options

This rule has an optional object option with the following properties:

• allowIndentationTabs (default: false): If this is set to true, then the rule will not report tabs used for indentation.

allowIndentationTabs

Examples of correct code for this rule with the allowIndentationTabs: true option:

/* eslint no-tabs: ["error", { allowIndentationTabs: true }] */ function test() { doSomething(); } // comment with leading indentation tab 
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When Not To Use It

If you have established a standard where having tabs is fine, then you can disable this rule.

Compatibility

• JSCS: disallowTabs

Version

This rule was introduced in ESLint v3.2.0.

Resources

• Rule source
• Tests source