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From: Ajani Bilby <me@ajanibilby.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 01:04:29 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Change tab character representation in docs (#40667)
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The suggested `→` appears tiny, and almost looks like just a dot on my
monitor, and I got quite confused for a while thinking the
`whitespace_map.tab` setting wasn't working properly.
<img width="630" height="105" alt="Image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/98feced2-39b3-4734-83e4-b4573b4e52c2"
/>

I think it would be really helpful if `⟶` was suggested instead since
that displays properly.
<img width="625" height="104" alt="Image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/176886ab-cf88-4079-90a8-91a8e8182092"
/>

---

I am using `Fira Code` as my font on windows, however when I remove that
config to get the default font, it also still appears the same size. So
I don't believe this is just a font issue on my machine.
Thought I am using Windows, so I would be willing to believe this a
render issue specific to windows

Release Notes:

- N/A
---
 docs/src/visual-customization.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/src/visual-customization.md b/docs/src/visual-customization.md
index a31f4428cd9d554ce366e182da605a71eefe6eec..b353377dd764d2506abd4cce46352df3ca47dfcb 100644
--- a/docs/src/visual-customization.md
+++ b/docs/src/visual-customization.md
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ TBD: Centered layout related settings
   "show_whitespaces": "selection",
   "whitespace_map": { // Which characters to show when `show_whitespaces` enabled
     "space": "•",
-    "tab": "→"
+    "tab": "⟶"       // use "→", for a shorter arrow
   },
 
   "unnecessary_code_fade": 0.3, // How much to fade out unused code.