I checked the obvious space

Setting->Preferences

but could not find a way to do it.

Basically, whenever I hit enter, the cursor will return to the indent level, instead of the very left margin of the page.

I was able to set the tabs to use 4 spaces which is how I want it.

However, I only want to make tabs ( 4 spaces ) when I do it manually by hitting the tab button.

Currently programming in JavaScript.