[Bug] Using spaces to indent works in Edit mode, but not in Preview mode

[Calion]

Platform

[X] iOS
[ ] Android

Obsidian Mobile version: 1.0.5

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Four spaces in front of a paragraph creates a code block. However, three spaces nicely formats a paragraph, putting it in line with bulleted or blockquoted paragraphs. That is, it does in Edit mode. But in Preview mode, the indentation vanishes, leaving the paragraph aligned to the left.

[ryanjamurphy]

This is because Markdown eliminates white space like this when it’s rendered. The best way to achieve the look you want is probably via style settings—i.e., CSS, or by installing a theme that gives you first-line-indent on paragraphs.

[Calion]

So there is just no way to indent text in this app?

I do not want every paragraph indented, just the ones I indent.

Well, I guess you’re going to say “use in-line CSS,” but that’s an incredibly inconvenient thing to do while I’m writing.

[ryanjamurphy]

It’s because this is a markdown app. See e.g.,

How to indent a few lines in Markdown markup?

[Dor]

@Calion

I do not want every paragraph indented, just the ones I indent.

I suspect that the easiest answer might be to write in bullets, using CSS to hide the bullets. (I think there’s a native hotkey toggle for it too, but only it hides indents in Live Preview, not Reading View.)

[Dor]

@ryanjamurphy

It’s because this is a markdown app

Yeah. Markdown’s just not house trained.