Does CSS Text Indent upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. CSS Text Indent runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: 0–4 em. CSS only. Copy in this tab.

Should I use CSS Letter Spacing instead of CSS Text Indent?

Use CSS Text Indent when you need Build a text-indent em rule. Use CSS Letter Spacing when you need Build a letter-spacing em rule. They share a category (Design) but not the same job.

CSS Text Indent

Build a text-indent em rule.

Outputs text-indent: N em from 0 to 4. Unlike CSS Letter Spacing this is first-line indent, not tracking. Unlike CSS Text Align this is not left/center/right. Copy the rule in this tab.

What CSS Text Indent does

Outputs text-indent: N em from 0 to 4. Unlike CSS Letter Spacing this is first-line indent, not tracking. Unlike CSS Text Align this is not left/center/right. Copy the rule in this tab.

CSS Text Indent sits in the Design group on purpose. It is not CSS Letter Spacing (Build a letter-spacing em rule.) and not CSS Text Align (Build a text-align keyword rule.). Choose this page when you need Build a text-indent em rule. If you stretch CSS Text Indent into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use CSS Text Indent

Use CSS Text Indent for this design job (css text indent). CSS Letter Spacing is adjacent (Build a letter-spacing em rule.) but not the same.
Add the file type CSS Text Indent accepts. Hint from the path: css text indent. Build a text-indent em rule.
Set only the options that match CSS Text Indent. Neighbor CSS Text Align does something else (Build a text-align keyword rule.). Tool note: Outputs text-indent: N em from 0 to 4. Unlike CSS Letter Spacing this is first-line indent, not tracking. Unlike CSS Text Align this is not left/center/right. Copy the rule in this tab.
Run CSS Text Indent in this tab. Browser memory still applies: 0–4 em. CSS only. Copy in this tab.
Download or copy the result from CSS Text Indent. If it is the wrong job, open CSS Letter Spacing instead.

When not to use CSS Text Indent

Skip CSS Text Indent when a neighbor tool matches better — start with CSS Letter Spacing or CSS Text Align — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Outputs text-indent: N em from 0 to 4. Unlike CSS Letter Spacing this is first-line indent, not tracking. Unlike CSS Text Align this is not left/center/right. Copy the rule in this tab.

Questions about CSS Text Indent

What does CSS Text Indent do that other Design pages on this site do not?: Outputs text-indent: N em from 0 to 4. Unlike CSS Letter Spacing this is first-line indent, not tracking. Unlike CSS Text Align this is not left/center/right. Copy the rule in this tab. Short version: Build a text-indent em rule.
Does CSS Text Indent upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. CSS Text Indent runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: 0–4 em. CSS only. Copy in this tab.
Should I use CSS Letter Spacing instead of CSS Text Indent?: Use CSS Text Indent when you need Build a text-indent em rule. Use CSS Letter Spacing when you need Build a letter-spacing em rule. They share a category (Design) but not the same job.
What are the limits of CSS Text Indent?: 0–4 em. CSS only. Copy in this tab. Also: Outputs text-indent: N em from 0 to 4. Unlike CSS Letter Spacing this is first-line indent, not tracking. Unlike CSS Text Align this is not left/center/right. Copy the rule in this tab.