[Lazarus] Tab/Shift tab and block indentation

[Florian Klämpfl]

Am 19.04.20 um 23:40 schrieb Martin Frb via lazarus:
> On 19/04/2020 23:22, Florian Klämpfl via lazarus wrote:
>> When completing code, lazarus takes the Block indent value from the 
>> editor options for indentions, so for proper indention one sets this 
>> value to two spaces normally. However, this has the effect that 
>> tab/shift+tab also un/indents by two spaces. This is often not useful 
>> when reorganizing code. Is there any way to decouple these two 
>> behaviors: so that code completion idents by 2, tab/shift+tab by 1? Or 
>> do I need to adapt lazarus sources?
> I don't think there is a 2nd setting for codetools.

Would be great to have :)

> 
> But instead of using tab to (un-)indent selected lines, you can use the 
> multi-caret feature.
> Go to the left most column, on the first line. Then shift-alt-down until 
> you have a caret in front of each line you wish to change. Now either 
> delete spaces, or insert spaces.

Problem is, that backspace behaves really uncontrollable in this case: 
lines get one char removes others more, I think it does some unindent 
operation as well instead of just removing chars.