I get that if I'm truly mixing one and the other, but if I'm consistently using tabs for indentation, I mostly want them to be invisible - I don't want visual n

I get that if I'm truly mixing one and the other, but if I'm consistently using tabs for indentation, I mostly want them to be invisible - I don't want visual noise on every line. I guess if the syntax highlighting makes them subtle enough it could work, but I think that sort of visual distinction only really works if the visually distinct character only rarely shows up.