# Tab indent for Markdown Lists

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/tab-indent-for-markdown-lists/6714>\
**Category:** Feedback\
**Created:** [June 18, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/tab-indent-for-markdown-lists/6714 "2022-06-18T23:09:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![zachbogart](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/zachbogart/32/8597_2.png) [@zachbogart](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/zachbogart)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/tab-indent-for-markdown-lists/6714/1 "2022-06-18T23:09:58Z")

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Was using Observable at work and someone mentioned an interesting gripe regarding Markdown cells. They noted that generating a bulleted list works well, returning a new line with a dash, but then hitting tab to start a nested list requires tabbing at the start of the line. So a tab at a new bullet simply adds a tab rather than indenting the bullet.

Could be beneficial to allow tabs to nest and unnest (shift+tab) when writing out markdown lists. Thanks.

Always learning,  
Zach

P.S. Regarding questions/comments/feedback like this, would be interested to hear thoughts on topics like this beginning here in Talk or as [Github Issues](https://github.com/observablehq/feedback). What feedback flow is most helpful for you all? Much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Cobus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/cobus/32/9670_2.png) [@Cobus](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/Cobus)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/tab-indent-for-markdown-lists/6714/2 "2022-06-19T03:08:53Z")

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Thanks Zach,

For feedback like this (clearly a product suggestion as opposed to a discussion about using Observable), it is better to use the feedback repo.

To indent the bullets, you can use Command-] and to un-indent you can use Command-[ (on Mac). Can’t remember what it is in Windows, but it is shown here in the keyboard shortcuts (you can get to those by hitting ? in a notebook).

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/observablehq/original/2X/4/40dbd16f1901b4a0e9562b231c7a1b89906408f6.png)