Indenting text

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  nicetalkservices · Member · Dec 11, 2021 at 9:43 pm

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  I was referred to the ‘padding steps in a group block’ but all I want to be able to do is indent the beginning of paragraphs.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Dec 13, 2021 at 5:37 am

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  Hi there,

  The editor doesn’t currently include an option to indent the first line in paragraph blocks.

  To have the first line indented, you’d need to switch to the code editor view and add the following to the opening <p> tag for your paragraph:

  <p style="text-indent: 50px;">

  This will need to be done for each paragraph you want indented, and there’s a risk that doing this can “break” the block in the editor – the text will appear fine on your site, but if you try to edit the post you’ll see a message that the block has encountered an error, and you won’t be able to edit the block. So it’s not ideal.

  Alternatively you can use custom CSS (requires the Premium Plan) to override your theme’s design and have the theme automatically add the indent for you. In that case you won’t see the indent in the editor, but it will appear when the published post is viewed in a browser.

  Let me know if you have any questions about this.