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[mattmorten]

I make use of indentation a lot with Evernote, at least just to organise my thoughts. On Evernote for Windows, I can use CTRL-M, which will correctly indent a paragraph of text.

On the Mac, there is no such option that I've found. Instead, you have to use the Tab key, which causes problems when the tabbed-text wraps around onto a new line (the next line is not indented).

The second issue is that Evernote on both Mac and Windows doesn't seem to respect tab-stops correctly - hitting tab just seems to push the text X spaces across, not to the next tab-stop.

Can these issues be addressed?

Thanks.

[jefito]

As Evernote stores their internal content its HTML-derived ENML, they do not store tab characters; instead, they emulate tab stops using

elements. There's no such thing as tab stops in HTML.

In the Windows client, you use Ctrl+M / Ctrl + Shift + M to indent / outdent unbulleted text (i.e., not in an evernote list, bulleted or numbered). Pressing the Tab key (or Shifht + Tab) will insert some number of elements (non-break spaces).

On the other hand, in a list, Tab and Shift + Tab will indent / outdent the list at that point.

~Jeff

[mattmorten]

As Evernote stores their internal content its HTML-derived ENML, they do not store tab characters; instead, they emulate tab stops using

elements. There's no such thing as tab stops in HTML.

Fair enough. I guess it's not trivial to try and simulate this in HTML.

In the Windows client, you use Ctrl+M / Ctrl + Shift + M to indent / outdent unbulleted text (i.e., not in an evernote list, bulleted or numbered). Pressing the Tab key (or Shifht + Tab) will insert some number of elements (non-break spaces).

On the other hand, in a list, Tab and Shift + Tab will indent / outdent the list at that point.

Thanks, but I think you've just repeated my original assertion - the Windows client has indenting, but the Mac client does not. Any reason for this?

[jefito]

I explained how it works on Windows (Tab/Shift+Tab for lists, and Ctrl+M, Ctrl+Shift+M for normal text), which is not a repeat of your original assertion, but only because you brought up the Windows behavior in the Mac forum. I don't use the Mac software so I can't speak to that.

~Jeff

[kan0ne]

Just to give more attention to this post: I'd also like to be able to indent text in the Mac client. I often paste cited paragraphs into a note and add my own thoughts to it above or below. Indenting the cited text using the Windows client always helps me to keep track of everything. Unfortunately, I cannot do this in the Mac client...

[erm]

I'd like to also cast my vote for adding the indent feature to the Mac version.

I use Evernote from multiple platforms to document, take meeting notes, jot down quick ideas and more. Usually, my primary creation is done on either a Win 7 box or a Mac O/S machine while I use on either my Android phone or my iPad when presenting. When creating notes, the ability to indent is one of many methods I use to separate out important points, accent areas of interest, and simply make the flow easier to follow. This is especially true for notes I share with my staff. More than once I've simply thrown my thoughts down on my Mac and followed up by going to my Win 7 box to fix the formatting.

Yes, it's a convenience thing. Yes, I can go to my PC and do the fixes. But if I'm at a Mac taking notes, typing out thoughts, or planning, I'd like to be able to do it all right there, not have to hope I remember what I was doing when I do get back to my Windows box to update the formatting.

Thanks for the consideration.

[TERACytE]

I'm adding my vote for an indentation feature for note taking. I use a Macbook through the majority of my day. Often I find that sometimes a bulleted list makes some blocks of notes harder to read, and the centred option pushes the block too far to the right. An option to push the a group of text over 4 spaces would be very welcome.

[dlu]

Thanks for the feedback and suggestion

[Cogito]

Is there any roadmap or feature tracking system?

I really want to know if this enhancement will be implemented. This lack of indentation ability is a major caveat for me on mac.
A simple TAB to a highlighted block and an alternate SHIFT + TAB would be great.

[Metrodon]

No, Evernote do not share their roadmap or publish release dates.

[gcoghill]

Another vote for this feature.

[mprewitt]

I would also like to vote for indentation -- or more specifically, the ability to un-indent. Sometime text copied into Evernote has indentation, and I would love to be able to eliminate it. Sometimes the Simplify Formatting command works, but not always. A little more control would be most helpful.

[rotis]

+1 for indentation, it is a great feature on the Windows version.

[fgroleau]

I am adding my vote for this feature on the Mac client. One of the great things about evernote is the ability to use it from anywhere. I have a Mac at home and a PC at work and it would certainly be nice being able to edit the same way with the same tools on both platforms.

[Cucumberry]

Another vote from me. In writing I always use indentation for structure, Evernote doesn't allow for this. As for the HTML question, could the tab key not just increase the left padding/margin by a set amount?

[dlu]

Windows does more of a block quote rather than a paragraph indent. I haven't ever used that feature, but its been noted for Mac

thanks!

[talltalisman]

Another vote for being able to indent paragraphs on the Mac. It surprising to have to use the web version of Evernote to indent paragraphs -- I assumed it would be easier to create a feature-rich experience on the Mac than in a web browser.

Heck, I can indent paragraphs

in this user form.

[dlu]

Another vote for being able to indent paragraphs on the Mac. It surprising to have to use the web version of Evernote to indent paragraphs -- I assumed it would be easier to create a feature-rich experience on the Mac than in a web browser.

Heck, I can indent paragraphs

in this user form.

Yep, that's been brought up before. I've heard the, "maybe you should hire the guys who developed this forum to help you" and everything... *grumbles* We'll revisit this when we can

[jefito]

I think that it's fair to point out that this forum's handling of editing isn't exactly perfect either. It's possible that it's an interaction between the browser that I use (Chrome), but I've experienced a number of glitches, including copy'n'paste trainwrecks and strange editing behaviors relative to cursor positioning. So be careful what you wish for...

[DML]

I would also like to voice my support for this feature. It's really frustrating when the last line of a note I created on my iPad is indented, and I am unable to de-indent it on my Mac.