Can I set VS Code to use tabs for indentation and spaces for leading alignment?

Question

Is there a way to get VS Code to use tabs for indentation and spaces for alignment)? As an example:

function foo(){
\t--array.map(a => a[0])
\t--     .filter(a => a);
}

In this case, \t-- indicates a tab, and spaces indicate spaces. As is, my spaces get converted to tabs all the time and it's very frustrating.

Answer 1

At the time of this writing, no. It's been raised as a feature request before:

• Spaces for alignment should be respected when "Editor: Insert Spaces" is disabled #134618 (actually I don't know this issue ticket is closed. but it's on the backlog)
• Alignment is incorrectly replaced by tabs #184700 (didn't receive enough community support in time to get added to the backlog)

I don't understand why #134618 is closed. I've pinged a maintainer to ask why.