# Indenting code

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indenting-code/84405>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [July 18, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indenting-code/84405 "2022-07-18T13:06:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![f.ij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@f.ij](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/f.ij)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indenting-code/84405/1 "2022-07-18T13:06:40Z")

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Hi,

I was wondering how I can indent code if I type it directly into the forum textfield.

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**Author:** ![pdeffebach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pdeffebach/32/10320_2.png) [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indenting-code/84405/2 "2022-07-18T14:19:15Z")

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Don’t indent, use triple back-ticks

````julia
```
like this
```

````

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indenting-code/84405/3 "2022-07-18T14:37:38Z")

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After using triple back-ticks, you can highlight multiple lines and push `<tab>` to indent a few lines

```julia
    # hello
    # this is indented

```

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**Author:** ![f.ij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@f.ij](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/f.ij)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indenting-code/84405/4 "2022-07-18T14:38:30Z")

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I meant when using backtiks

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**Author:** ![f.ij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@f.ij](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/f.ij)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indenting-code/84405/5 "2022-07-18T14:38:57Z")

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Great, this works. I didn’t know tab worked when selecting text.