I write long post so I need to be able to add a tab. I tried pressing 4 spaces but it just brings up a code box. 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 ull…

Just hit a return (or two in the old editor) to start a new paragraph. If you want indented paragraphs, you can do that with (edit) CSS!

One option would be to use HTML non-breaking spaces ( ). For example, here’s what 8 of them at the beginning of a paragraph looks like: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, …

Yeah either s or any space-like character that doesn’t get trimmed. Then if you intend to use those indentations regularly, you can create a userscript that will insert them with a keyboard shortcut. I have one that insert or wrap my selection with <kbd></kbd> on meta and it’s quite convenien…

How would I create a userscript to create that standard 8 space tab?

Something like Tampermonkey, I think. A Theme Component might be able to do the trick as well, perhaps even adding buttons to the composer toolbar to add those spaces.

[immagine] hipp0: Whats CAS ? Do you mean CSS? Yes, something like this would make all paragraphs be indented 4em. .cooked p { text-indent: 4em; } That would affect all paragraphs in cooked text. It looks like there’s a data-user-id that you could use to target just posts written by you…

Come si fa un'indentazione TAB (8 spazi)?

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) 2 Gennaio 2026, 9:31pm 2

Basta premere un ritorno a capo (o due nel vecchio editor) per iniziare un nuovo paragrafo. Se desideri paragrafi rientrati, puoi farlo con il CSS (modifica)!

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Come si fa un'indentazione TAB (8 spazi)?

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