Javascript editor formatting: indentation issues

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Hi. I am using Eclipse with WTP, downloaded from Eclipse site sometime early August 2026:
Eclipse info:
Version: 2026-06 (4.40.0)
Build id: 20260604-0653
WWD info:
Wild Web Developer HTML, CSS, JSON, Yaml, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node tools 1.4.0.202511281851

I am mostly using default settings, except for the following changes in Settings -> JS/TS -> JavaScript -> Formatter:

• Number of spaces used for each indentation level: 2
• Convert tabs to spaces: checked

Both of these settings appear to be ignored entirely when editing javascript files. If I allow the editor to auto-indent (using the "Smart" indentation mode), it will try to put tabs in, not spaces. Likewise if I select several lines and press the tab key, I would expect it to insert 2 spaces at the beginning of each line, but instead I get lines with tabs in them.

Desired behavior is as follows:

• Any time a line is to be indented one level more, 2 spaces should be added to the beginning of the line (no tabs at all)
• Any time a line is to be indented one level less, 2 spaces should be removed from the beginning of the line