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It would be great if the NetBeans editor would show tab characters, like the kate/kwrite editor component. You can see an example screenshot here: http://www.wizy.org/kate.png (notice the little dots/marks). This functionality makes it easier to see and use tab characters for indentation.
Moving to the ui category.
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 4619 ***