{"version":"2.1.295","anchor":"tab-expansion-in-output-tracks-the-column-more-accurately","canonical_anchor":"tab-expansion-in-output-tracks-the-column-more-accurately","heading":"Tabs in output line up correctly after color codes","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295\/e\/tab-expansion-in-output-tracks-the-column-more-accurately","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295","markdown":"### Tabs in output line up correctly after color codes\n\nClaude Code now tracks the column more accurately when expanding tabs in output, so alignment holds after color and style codes\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code turns tab characters in output into spaces, it now measures the width of the text that comes before each tab, rather than advancing the column piece by piece. Lines with no tabs or control codes skip this work entirely.\n\n**Why**\n\nColumns separated by tabs should now line up correctly even when the text contains color or style codes.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}