Indent Text

The Indent Text Tool adds a fixed number of characters (spaces, tabs, or custom characters) to the beginning of each line of your input text. It’s ideal for formatting code, organizing plain text, or adding consistent indentation to lists and content blocks.

Paste your input above or import a file below.
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Supported file type: text/plain (.txt)
Options
Indent empty lines

Features:

  • Live Indentation: Output updates instantly as you type or change settings.
  • Choose Indentation Type:
    • Spaces: Indent each line with a set number of spaces.
    • Tabs: Indent each line with one or more tab characters.
    • Custom: Indent each line with any character or symbol you define (e.g., #, --, >>>).
  • Indentation Amount: Set how many times the chosen character(s) should repeat at the start of each line.
  • Styled File Import: Upload a .txt file to automatically fill the input and format it.
  • Output Actions:
    • Copy Output: Copy the result to your clipboard with one click.
    • Export to File: Download the output as a .txt file.
  • Clear All: Reset all fields and options to default.

How to Use:

  1. Paste or type your content into the Input Text box.
  2. Select how to indent your text:
    • Choose between Spaces, Tabs, or Custom.
    • If “Custom” is selected, enter the symbol or string you’d like to use (e.g., >>, #, |--).
  3. Set the indent amount how many times to repeat the character(s) per line.
  4. Output is generated automatically in the Indented Output box.
  5. Use Copy Output to copy the result or Export to File to save it.
  6. Click Clear All to reset the tool.

Example:

Input:

First line
Second line
Third line

Settings:

  • Indent with: Custom
  • Custom string: #
  • Amount: 3

Output:

###First line
###Second line
###Third line

Common Use Cases:

The Indent Text Tool is perfect for adding consistent indentation to lines of text for formatting, organization, or styling purposes. It’s ideal for preparing code snippets, formatting structured lists, creating properly indented documentation, or adjusting data for spreadsheets and imports. Great for developers, writers, students, and content managers who need clean, structured, and properly aligned text quickly.

Useful Tools & Suggestions:

Once you’ve added indentation, Right-align Text can help balance layouts that need more structure especially in code blocks or side-by-side formats. And if you’re tweaking line visuals further, Add a Prefix to Text Lines gives you extra control for labeling or formatting.

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