Template:Indent/doc

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The indenter Template:indent performs a newline and indents by a specified number of spaces. However, the spaces are not all the same size, but rather a mixture of en-size & em-size spaces that have been tested to work on a wide range of browsers. (To skip by n equal-size spaces, instead use Template:Tl2 which puts all as the standard-size " " space.)

The indentation spacing generated by Template:indent will match the alignment of a colon-shift (":") by using Template:Tl2, or to match "::" then align by Template:Tl2.

Usage: {{indent|# of spaces}}

• Indents up to 30 spaces.
• Indent differs from {{space}} only in that it automatically begins a wrapped-newline, then spaces over n spaces, whereas {{space}} spaces over n in the same (current) line.

Examples

The following are detailed examples, also comparing to the equivalent indentation generated if a colon-shift ":" were used instead.

Example 1 - Indenting by 5:
Some text.{{indent|5}}Some more text.

Results:
Some text.{{#if:|
}}
{{#switch: 5 | 1=  | 2=   | 3=    | 4=      | 5=      | 6=       | 7=        | 8=         | 9=          |10=           |11=            |12=             |13=              |14=               |15=                |16=                 |17=                  |18=                   |19=                    |20=                     |21=                      |22=                       |23=                        |24=                         |25=                          |26=                           |27=                            |28=                             |29=                              |30=                               |0|#default=}}Some more text.

Example 2 - Alignment with ":" or "::" indentations:
: Line of colon-shifted text.
{{indent|5}}Line of indent-5-shifted text.
<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Line of br-6-nbsp-shifted text.
<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Line of br-5-nbsp-shifted text.
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Line of br-5-nbsp-true-shifted text.
:: Line of 2-colon-shifted text.
{{space|10}}Line of space-10-shifted text.

Results:

Line of colon-shifted text.

{{#if:|
}}
{{#switch: 5 | 1=  | 2=   | 3=    | 4=      | 5=      | 6=       | 7=        | 8=         | 9=          |10=           |11=            |12=             |13=              |14=               |15=                |16=                 |17=                  |18=                   |19=                    |20=                     |21=                      |22=                       |23=                        |24=                         |25=                          |26=                           |27=                            |28=                             |29=                              |30=                               |0|#default=}}Line of indent-5-shifted text.
      Line of br-6-nbsp-shifted text.
     Line of br-5-nbsp-shifted text.
     Line of br-5-nbsp-true-shifted text.

Line of 2-colon-shifted text.

Template:SpaceLine of space-10-shifted text.

Note that if the prior line is already colon-shifted text, then using "Template:Tl2" generates a blank line first, so instead, use "Template:Tl2" (or such) after a colon-shifted line.

Analysis of uneven spacing

The non-breaking "&nbsp;" is exactly the same size as a space (by definition, it must be the same), so it can be alternated with spaces to skip a wider area. Notice that neither {{indent}} nor {{space}} use true space-size, but rather mix en+em spaces, whereas "Template:Tl2" will actually skip n count of spaces, as if inserting n repetitions of an "&nbsp;" space.

See also

• {{space}} - skips similar spacing mix of en-size & em-size spaces.
• {{in}} - skips equal-size spacing as all en-size spaces.