setTabStopWidth doesn't work

[evgenM]

setTabStopWidth( fontMetrics().width( " " ) * spacesCount );

setTabStopWidth( fontMetrics().width( " " ) * spacesCount );

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[discostu]

setTabStopWidth( fontMetrics().width( " " ) * spacesCount );

setTabStopWidth( fontMetrics().width( " " ) * spacesCount );

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Thanks for the tip on how to do it by spaces.

However, this still doesn't solve the problem that setTabStopWidth doesn't do anything. The tabs are always the same! Any ideas?

[evgenM]

how (and when) do u add text?

try simple example
in QTextEdit's constructor write only

setTabStopWidth(..);
setPlainText("text\ttext");

setTabStopWidth(..);
setPlainText("text\ttext");

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it work?