LineIndent
Details

- The typical default setting is LineIndent->1.
- The setting for LineIndent determines the amount of indentation that will be inserted after any explicit newline is entered when AutoIndent->True.
Examples
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Create a cell with AutoIndent->True with specific line indent:
When you press the key, the Wolfram System inserts the indentation according to LineIndent:
See Also
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), LineIndent, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LineIndent.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "LineIndent." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LineIndent.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). LineIndent. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LineIndent.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_lineindent, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LineIndent}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LineIndent.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_lineindent, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LineIndent}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LineIndent.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}