Feature request: configure rendered tab width in Codex CLI TUI

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jul 29, 2026 by cowwoc Closed Jul 29, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

## Feature request

Allow users to configure the number of spaces used when rendering tab characters in the Codex CLI/TUI.

Rendered tabs currently appear to use a width of 8 spaces. In WSL, running:

tabs -2

before launching Codex does not appear to affect the rendering, so the CLI may be using its own tab-width handling rather than the terminal's tab stops.

A configuration option in config.toml—for example tui.tab_width = 2—would allow users to control the display width of tabs in rendered code, pasted text, and tool output.

The setting should affect rendering only; it should not modify the underlying content.
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cowwoc · 29 days ago
github-actions[bot] contributor · 29 days ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #36017

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