[SOLVED] [REQUEST] Tab to indent list item

maclm

As of v1.0.7, shift-tab will produce the same effect as the menu Format > Outdent Line. I would love to see tab do the opposite and indent the line.

This would be particularly useful in the context of auto-completed list so when we get the dash+space on a new line, we could hit tab to indent it.

ctietze

That's on the task list and will be implemented after I upgrade the Markdown highlighter to MMD6

s0ph0s

Has this happened already and I missed a preference setting? I've developed a Keyboard Maestro macro that will do it for me with shift-return, creating an indented list item below the current one. But I would love to be able to just hit return in a list, then hit tab, and create an indented item on the next line. I do that out of habit so I always have to go back and fix it.

ctietze

No, not yet! The Markdown editor is being revamped and interactions like this will be part of that effort.

Jeremy

+1 for this.

jerrybrito

+1 as well. I'm trying this app for the first time and loving it, but I write a lot of bulleted lists and in every other app the behavior is Tab = indent, so I'm having trouble adjusting. Thanks.

maclm

Actually, I just implemented this with BetterTouchTool!
(remapped tab to cmd+]).
Nearly two years later...
Why haven't I done this sooner?

maclm

There's one caveat though: when the focus is NOT in the editor, tab does nothing.

jerrybrito

@maclm said:
Actually, I just implemented this with BetterTouchTool!
(remapped tab to cmd+]).
Nearly two years later...
Why haven't I done this sooner?

Awesome. Just implemented that. Thank you.

ctietze

If you remap tab completely, you may also want to experiment with writing your own app shortcuts in the macOS System Preferences: https://support.apple.com/en-sa/guide/mac-help/mchlp2271/mac

maclm

Oops! My trick destroys the ability to use ctrl-tab to cycle thru open tabs.
Which, apparently, I use a lot more than indentation.

In the meantime, I'll resort to using cmd-]
(cmd-opt-0 on my machine).

@ctietze please don't take this as impatience on my part but rather as an encouragement from an enthusiast user.

And by the way, thank you for making The Archive.

Will

@maclm I had no problem remapping cmd-] to tab with Keyboard Maestro and it does not "destroy the ability to use ctrl-tab to cycle thru open tabs." Must be particular to BTT.

maclm

@Will thank you for pointing that out.
After some more tests, it now works with either KM or BTT.
Go figure.

s0ph0s

@maclm Great idea, thank you. Implemented. 👍🏻

ctietze

This is now part of v1.7.1 (cutting edge update channel). Thanks for all your patience!