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Thanks, I will definitely check if I can use the em space here, but I'm afraid that tabs will have to stay in this case because it's a part of a project connected with a data base. Then again I could find and replace tab with em space, so I guess I will just have to see what is less exhausting 
Yes I see. I had an impression that they (tabs) resized along when I scaled the whole text frame, but they actually did not.
If you use the Transform tool to scale a text frame the font size and tabs scale proportionally
So with your Preferences>General>When Scaling>Apply to Content selected.
You could then scale a frame with one tabbed line, and then redefine the style. Some thing like this where I have a Paragraph Style named Tabbed text:
I scale the temporary text frame, which causes a style override +
Redefine Style updates the document's styled text and I can delete the temp frame:
Great, but one more thing I did not mention (sorry) - I can't have odd numbers in font sizes, and scaling by transform tool gives fractions. I need to scale by font size by round numbers (other database system requirement this project is connected to). 
Hi,
If you really wanna change the Tabs position when you change the font size, as:
At the beginning, the "black" font size = 16 pts.
In "blue": 14 pts.
In "red": 12 pts.
In "green": 10 pts.
In "dark-blue": 8 pts.
Note: the texts in the anchored text blocks have been reduced by the reduction of their respective block!
That's the result we would like! 
[3rd line in each case]
To do it, just select the text and play the code below!
The only thing to do is to indicate the new font size!
/*
0116_NewTabsPositionAfterTextFontSizeChange_MichelAllio.jsx
Script written by Michel Allio [2017/03/06]
See: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2285966
Object: Reposition Tabs after having modifoed the text selection font size! …
*/
var w = new Window ('dialog {alignChildren: "top"}', 'New Tabs position! …');
w.alignChildren = "right";
var group1 = w.add ('group');
group1.add ('statictext {text: "New Font Size:"}');
var UIy = group1.add ("edittext", undefined, 0);
UIy.characters = 5;
UIy.minimumSize.width = 60;
UIy.maximumSize.width = 60;
UIy.active = true;
var buttons = w.add ('group {alignment: "center"}');
buttons.add ('button {text: "OK"}');
buttons.add ('button {text: "Cancel"}');
var group2 = w.add ('group');
group2.add ('statictext {text: "(by Michel Allio, March 2017)"}');
if (w.show () == 1) {
var y = Number (UIy.text);
}
else
exit ();
app.doScript("main()", ScriptLanguage.javascript, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "New Tabs position! …");
function main()
{
var mySel = app.selection[0],
myStops = mySel.tabStops,
S = myStops.length,
x = mySel.pointSize;
mySel.pointSize = y;
for ( var s = 0 ; s < S; s++ ) myStops
.position = myStops.position/x*y;}
(^/) 
This new version is really cool!
Thanks to Jarek [Jump_Over] and Philippe [Liphou] for their debugging help!
See: Re: Code to be evaluated! [016] Tabs Position! …
/*
0115_NewTabsPositionAfterTextFontSizeChange_MichelAllio.jsx
Script written by Michel Allio [2017/03/06]
See:
• https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2285966
•
Debugged wth Jarek [Jump_Over] and Philippe [Liphou]' help [ Thanks to both of you! 😉 ]
Object: Reposition Tabs after having modifoed the text selection font size! …
*/
var w = new Window ('dialog {alignChildren: "top"}', 'New Tabs position! …');
w.alignChildren = "right";
var group1 = w.add ('group');
group1.add ('statictext {text: "New Font Size:"}');
var UIy = group1.add ("edittext", undefined, 0);
UIy.characters = 5;
UIy.minimumSize.width = 60;
UIy.maximumSize.width = 60;
UIy.active = true;
var buttons = w.add ('group {alignment: "center"}');
buttons.add ('button {text: "OK"}');
buttons.add ('button {text: "Cancel"}');
var group2 = w.add ('group');
group2.add ('statictext {text: "(by Michel Allio, March 2017)"}');
if (w.show () == 1) {
var y = Number (UIy.text);
}
else
exit ();
app.doScript("main()", ScriptLanguage.javascript, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "New Tabs position! …");
function main()
{
var mySel = app.selection[0],
myStops = mySel.tabStops,
S = myStops.length,
x = mySel.pointSize;
mySel.pointSize = y,
myStops_0 = [];
for ( var s = 0 ; s < S; s++ ) myStops_0.push([myStops
.alignment, myStops.leader, myStops.position]);myStops.everyItem().remove();
for ( var s = 0 ; s < S; s++ ) myStops.add({alignment: myStops_0
[0], leader: myStops_0[1], position: myStops_0[2]/x*y});}
As my friend pixxxel schubser often say: Enjoy!
(^/)
Wow thanks! I will use this. The force is strong with this one
Tabs use an absolute value, measured from the left margin of the frame. If you re-size the type and the original values no longer work, select the text, and choose Type > Tabs. Drag the tab arrow or change the X value. They will not change themselves.
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