How to set the TAB width in a Windows Forms TextBox control?

Question

Given a WinForms TextBox control with MultiLine = true and AcceptsTab == true, how can I set the width of the tab character displayed?

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Answer 1

I know you are using a TextBox currently, but if you can get away with using a RichTextBox instead, then you can use the SelectedTabs property to set the desired tab width:

richTextBox.SelectionTabs = new int[] { 15, 30, 45, 60, 75};

Note that these offsets are pixels, not characters.