Is there a way to set side comments to hold indent amount?

This is a fairly small thing but bugs me nonetheless. For example I have this base section of code that I've written where I input my variables:

%%input our givens... unknowns get nan's:

p1 = 12*10^3; %W

q1 = 6.667*10^3; %var

s1 = nan; %VA

theta1 = nan; %degrees

pf1 = nan; % "-" means lagging

The values in this particular section of code end up getting changed a lot so the comments/labels on the right hand side get all out of alignment, like this:

p2 = nan; %W

q2 = nan; %var

s2 = 4*10^3; %VA

theta2 = nan; %degrees

pf2 = 0.96; % "+" means leading

Is there a way to set a indent length or perhaps a second column in the Live Editor so that my labels on the right hand side stay nicely lined up like the first section of code? For now I've been re-aligning manually but it would be nice if there were a way to set it to be done automatically.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

You're using tabs before the %, not spaces, right? Because that will align them but of course if you make changes to the length of the code line more than a tab, it will "jump" to the next tab. But at least they'll be aligned to the nearest tab column.

Make sure your preferences are not setup to insert spaces when you type a tab.

Home->Preferences->Editor/debugger->Tab-> Uncheck "Tab key inserts spaces".