# Bullet Point Relationship Lines - TAB vs SPACES

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bullet-point-relationship-lines-tab-vs-spaces/25891>\
**Category:** Devs: Theme Design & Custom CSS\
**Tags:** custom-css\
**Created:** [October 20, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bullet-point-relationship-lines-tab-vs-spaces/25891 "2021-10-20T15:15:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gangula](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/gangula/32/1506_2.png) [@Gangula](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Gangula)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bullet-point-relationship-lines-tab-vs-spaces/25891/1 "2021-10-20T15:15:43Z")

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I’m using the Custom CSS from CSS Hacks Meta posts for [Bullet Point Relationship Lines](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/meta-post-common-css-hacks/1978/2)

Using tabs vs 4spaces for indentation results in different types of bullet lines.  
And when I use

- 4-spcaes, sometimes the bullets don’t show-up.
- Tab, the length of bullet line either gets overlapped with other lines or there is a gap between line when there is a line-wrap

Did anyone else face this thing?  
Is there any CSS snippet that works correctly for either of these?

Below is a screenshot for reference:

 ![Screenshot showing the use of Tabs vs Spaces for indentation in Obsidian](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/8/d/8d61025f0cd3ba921d17c2fb929d3cd738043fdd.png)

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CSS I have right now:

```CSS
.cm-hmd-list-indent .cm-tab,
ul ul {
  position: relative;
}
.cm-hmd-list-indent .cm-tab::before,
ul ul::before {
  content: "";
  border-left: 1px solid hsla(0, 0%, 50%, 0.3);
  position: absolute;
}
.cm-hmd-list-indent .cm-tab::before {
  left: 0;
  top: -5px;
  bottom: -4px;
}
ul ul::before {
  left: -15px;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
}

```

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**Author:** ![ryanjamurphy](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/ryanjamurphy/32/334_2.png) [@ryanjamurphy](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ryanjamurphy)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bullet-point-relationship-lines-tab-vs-spaces/25891/2 "2021-10-20T15:53:43Z")

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There are user-controlled settings for tabs vs spaces in Preferences → Editor. The editor expects you to use one or the other.

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**Author:** ![rpcm](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/rpcm/32/15029_2.png) [@rpcm](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/rpcm)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bullet-point-relationship-lines-tab-vs-spaces/25891/3 "2021-10-21T20:15:25Z")

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Emacs.