From a163bcd8b0f2426585dc5d48a77b2451d473b76b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Schulz <david.schulz@qt.io>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 12:05:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Editor: always set format for visual whitespace

Change-Id: I2ab4cb9f77d649c1c7d51dec1ef11005325a4710
Fixes: QTCREATORBUG-23040
Reviewed-by: Orgad Shaneh <orgads@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
---
 src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.cpp
index 19f0656a152..e0790875200 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.cpp
@@ -302,8 +302,10 @@ static bool isClosingParenthesis(QChar c)
 
 void Highlighter::highlightBlock(const QString &text)
 {
-    if (!definition().isValid())
+    if (!definition().isValid()) {
+        formatSpaces(text);
         return;
+    }
     QTextBlock block = currentBlock();
     KSyntaxHighlighting::State state;
     TextDocumentLayout::setBraceDepth(block, TextDocumentLayout::braceDepth(block.previous()));