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    move                 to $_test
    move

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    move                 to $_test
    move                 _ <- cursor gets placed here on 1 tab

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// This script inserts at current line spaces to align the next
// word on the next non whitespace character in the line above.

function SmartSpaces()
{
   // Get current line number at caret position.
   var nActLineNum = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentLineNum;

   // Do nothing if there is no line above.
   if (nActLineNum < 2) return false;

   // Get column number (with correction for UE < 16.00 and UES < 10.00).
   var nActColNum = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentColumnNum;
   if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx) == "undefined") nActColNum++;

   // Move caret to the line above.
   UltraEdit.activeDocument.key("UP ARROW");

   // If the configuration setting "Allow positioning beyond line end" is
   // enabled, the caret could be beyond line end. So move the caret to
   // end of line and verify that the caret is now not left to initial
   // column at script start which means the line above is shorter.
   UltraEdit.activeDocument.key("END");
   nNewColNum = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentColumnNum;
   if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx) == "undefined") nNewColNum++;
   if (nNewColNum < nActColNum)
   {
      // Restore caret position and do nothing if line above is shorter.
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.gotoLine(nActLineNum,nActColNum);
      return false;
   }

   // Move caret back to the right column in the line above.
   UltraEdit.activeDocument.gotoLine(0,nActColNum);

   // Find next space or tab character in this line.
   while (!UltraEdit.activeDocument.isChar(' ') && !UltraEdit.activeDocument.isChar('\t'))
   {
      // Restore caret position and do nothing if end of line is reached.
      if (UltraEdit.activeDocument.isChar('\r') || UltraEdit.activeDocument.isChar('\n'))
      {
         UltraEdit.activeDocument.gotoLine(nActLineNum,nActColNum);
         return false;
      }
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.key("RIGHT ARROW");
   }

   // Find character which is not a space or tab in this line.
   UltraEdit.activeDocument.key("CTRL+RIGHT ARROW");
   // Restore caret position and do nothing if end of line is reached.
   if (UltraEdit.activeDocument.isChar('\r') || UltraEdit.activeDocument.isChar('\n'))
   {
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.gotoLine(nActLineNum,nActColNum);
      return false;
   }

   // Calculate the number of spaces to insert in the line below.
   nNewColNum = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentColumnNum;
   if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx) == "undefined") nNewColNum++;
   var nSpaceCount = nNewColNum - nActColNum;

   // Move caret back to initial position on script start.
   UltraEdit.activeDocument.gotoLine(nActLineNum,nActColNum);

   // Build the string to insert consisting only of spaces.
   var sSpaces = "";
   while (nSpaceCount--) sSpaces += ' ';

   // It would be also possible insert tabs instead of spaces. But that
   // is much more complicated as the script has to know the tab stop
   // value for the current file and therefore how many spaces must be
   // replaced by a tab character. And additionally it is necessary to
   // determine how many spaces the first inserted tab represents in
   // dependence of the column number at caret position.

   // Determine if overstrike mode is active and if this
   // is the case switch temporarily to the insert mode.
   var bInsertMode = UltraEdit.insOvrMode;
   if (!bInsertMode) UltraEdit.insertMode();

   // Write the spaces into the file.
   UltraEdit.activeDocument.write(sSpaces);

   // Switch back to overstrike mode if active before insert.
   if (!bInsertMode) UltraEdit.overStrikeMode();
   return true;
}

if (UltraEdit.document.length > 0)  // Is any file opened?
{
   // If the active file is not opened in hex editing mode.
   if (UltraEdit.activeDocument.hexMode == false)
   {
      if (!SmartSpaces())
      {
         // The function does nothing if it was not possible to determine
         // how many spaces to insert. You can insert here whatever wanted
         // to define the default behavior like inserting 3 spaces or 1 tab.
      }
   }
}