Example code to show tabs and spaces being used for indentation and alignment. To see why tabs don't work for alignement (and spaces do), go into edit mode and change the indent size setting. Watch how the first example breaks and the second does not. The second examples show the advantage of TABS for INDENTATION without breaking alignment when …

tabs and spaces

<!--- TABS FOR BOTH INDENTATION *AND* ALIGNMENT --->
<cfquery>
	select		column_a,
			column_b,
			columb_c

	from		some_table

	inner join	another_table on another_table.id = some_table.another_table
</cfquery>

<cffunction name="blah">
	<cfargument name="blah"		type="string"	required="true"		/>
	<cfargument name="excellent"	type="boolean"	required="false"	/>
</cffunction>

<!--- TABS FOR INDENTATION, *SPACES* FOR ALIGNMENT --->
<cfquery>
	select     column_a,
	           column_b,
	           columb_c

	from       some_table

	inner join another_table on another_table.id = some_table.another_table
</cfquery>

<cffunction name="blah">
	<cfargument name="blah"      type="string"  required="true"  />
	<cfargument name="excellent" type="boolean" required="false" />
</cffunction>