I feel like and idiot but I can’t for the life of me figure out why this isn’t working: <div style="margin-left: 20px"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ulla…

I use a couple of &emsp; if I need to ident anything, but that only works for the first line.

That only does the first line of a paragraph though

I feel like it’s on the tip of my tongue. :slightly_smiling_face: [image] orangeandblack5: Pretty sure four spaces is a code block in Markdown Edit: I had got confused with adding four spaces to a new paragraph in a list item to keep that aligned. I did discover that you can wrap a block of…

Pretty sure four spaces is a code block in Markdown

Is there any way to allow more tags/attributes in our site settings?

I don’t see anything in site settings, but maybe you could with a plugin. I found two files mentioning HTML tags that might be useful to look at. Personally I think it would be dangerous to whitelist the style attribute though. app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/addon/allow-lister.js 14…

I believe div style is not whitelisted, you would need a plugin or component. But you can create a wrap bbcode directly in your admin forum. Add these lines in Customize > your theme or component > CSS Common [data-wrap="indent"] { margin-left: 20px; } Then in your post, use this for the text …

I didn’t know you can do that. I used spans with a data-theme attribute on my forum: [image] (you can see it live here: 📜 [Wiki] Schlumpf hub serial numbers reference - Unicycles and Equipment - Unicyclist.com ) Is the [wrap] thing different in any way? Can we use it for inline styles? Are there…

[image] Canapin: Is the [wrap] thing different in any way? Can we use it for inline styles? Are there other ways to customize post styles? Since we use the div element, we can customize a bit much, but for inline styles, your option is the best imo. I’m not sure if there’re a lot more optio…

Indent paragraph text?

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seanblue December 4, 2021, 8:15pm 6

Discourse only whitelists certain HTML tags and attributes. I’d guess they completely block the style attribute since it’s basically all-powerful.

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