"Settings - Default" not editable in ST3

[mhopkins321]

I just downloaded the Sublime Text 3 beta. I personally prefer tabs to be 2 spaces instead of 4. When I open the “Settings - Default” page from the Preferences menu, I can see the value for “tab_size”: 4, however I can’t change the 4 to a 2. What do I need to do to enable this file to be editable?

[Johannes]

I just downloaded the Sublime Text 3 beta. I personally prefer tabs to be 2 spaces instead of 4. When I open the “Settings - Default” page from the Preferences menu, I can see the value for “tab_size”: 4, however I can’t change the 4 to a 2. What do I need to do to enable this file to be editable?

Use Settings - User instead. The default settings should never be edited, because they will get reset when sublime text is updated.

You just need to copy the same structure/syntax as the default file uses.

[mhopkins321]

Ah. well, that certainly fixes things. Thanks!