# Post formatting using   for tab indentations

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-formatting-using-nbsp-for-tab-indentations/393109>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** markdown\
**Created:** [January 9, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-formatting-using-nbsp-for-tab-indentations/393109 "2026-01-09T20:03:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![hipp0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hipp0/32/537433_2.png) [@hipp0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hipp0)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-formatting-using-nbsp-for-tab-indentations/393109/10 "2026-01-10T19:25:46Z")

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Thanks for this it works well.

The Indent I think is off by one space:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/1/0/510f81a253cd499221d61a94a8923310c97aad83.png)

top line is using your indent and bottom is `&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`

Any chance to add an Underline to this component? Pretty much solves everything I need so I am thankful for this.

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