You can use (Tab) key either to automatically indent a paragraph or to demote a paragraph to the next outlined level.
You can use (Shift + Tab) or (Backspace) to remove an indent or to promote a paragraph to the previous outlined level.
Check your (Tools > AutoCorrect Options)(Autoformat as you type tab, Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces).
Tabbing a Regular Line
When this option is switched off pressing the Tab key will result in the following:
When this option is switched on pressing the Tab key will automatically move the first line indent.The smart tag will be displayed if you have the following option selected:
(Tools > AutoCorrect Options)(AutoCorrect tab, Show AutoCorrect Options buttons).
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General
Apple iBooks - Select the text in the previous cell
Apple iBooks - Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left
Audacity - Move to and open Previous Label
Battle.net (v1.32) - Highlight previous element (game, button, etc.)
Brave (Windows) - Browse clickable items moving backward
E-Sword - Outdent Paragraph Editors only
Firefox (macOS) - Focus Previous Link or Input Field
Google Chrome - Browse clickable items moving backward
Google Chrome (macOS) - Browse clickable items moving backward
Google Stadia - Open Stadia panel
Microsoft Edge (Chromium) - Go to previous tab stop
Microsoft Edge (macOS) - Move to previous control
Mozilla Thunderbird - Move to previous UI element
Opera - Cycle focus within active context
Opera - Go to previous element in form
Quicken 2018 - Previous field or column
Steam - Open Community overlay
Vuze - Move between tables, buttons, tabs and other widgets
Windows 11 - Move back through options
Windows XP - Move backward through the options
Text editing
Ace Editor - Outdent
Ace Editor (Mac) - Outdent
Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac) - Move focus to previous comment or form field
Bear (macOS) - Shift the list element left
CudaText 1.88.3 - Unindent selection
Dropbox Paper - Unindent
gedit - Remove a tab stop
Metapad - Unindent
Microsoft FrontPage - Select the preceding table cell's content.
Microsoft FrontPage - Select the previous item in the Help task pane.
Microsoft FrontPage - Move to the previous option or option group.
Microsoft OneNote - Move between the items on the main menu bar
Microsoft OneNote - (at the beginning of a line) Decrease paragraph indent
Microsoft OneNote - Decrease indent by one level
Microsoft OneNote - Decrease indent by one level in right-to-left text
Microsoft Word 2019 - Move the focus to commands on the ribbon
Microsoft Word 2019 - One cell to the left (in a table)
Microsoft Word 2019 - Select the preceding cell's contents
Microsoft Word 2019 - To the previous cell in a row
Notability - Outdent
Notepad2 - Unindent selected block
Overleaf - Unindent section
Overleaf - Indent less
Typora 0.9.81 - Outdent
Typora 0.9.81 (macOS) - Outdent
Ulysses (iOS) - Outdent
Workflowy - Outdent. Alternatively, press Enter on an empty line
Zim - Unindent selected text
Imaging
Adobe Lightroom Classic - Show/hide all panels
Adobe Lightroom Classic (Mac) - Show/hide all panels
Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Cycle through controls on right from bottom
Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Cycle through controls on right from bottom
Adobe Photoshop CC - Cycle through controls on right from bottom
Adobe Photoshop CC - Cycle through controls on right from bottom
Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Previous Column Field
Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Previous Column Field
Canva (Mac) - Select previous
Canva (Windows) - Select previous
Clip Studio Paint Pro - Hide Title Bar/Hide Menu Bar
Element 3D 1.6 - Move to previous field
GIMP - Jump to previous widget
Inkscape - Jump to previous widget
Inkscape - Jump to previous field
Inkscape - select previous object -
Inkscape - select previous node
Inkscape - select previous handle
Lightworks - Moves left to previous field
Modo 12.1 - Toggle Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces
Nuke - Move to previous control in the properties
Nuke - Decrease indentation
Paint Tool SAI - Full screen
Sketch - Select previous layer in group
Wings 3D - View | Quick Smoothed Preview
Xcode - Navigate through controls in a reverse direction
System tools
Everything - Cycle between search edit and results view
MSI Afterburner - Voltage Curve - Select previous dot
Developer tools
Android Studio - Indent/unindent lines
App Maker - Auto-indent the line or selection
App Maker - Auto-indent the line or selection
Arduino IDE - Decrease indent
Arduino IDE - Decrease indent
Atom (Windows) - editor:outdent-selected-rows
Atom (Windows) - core:focus-previous
Atom (Windows) - (Source: Find And Replace) find-and-replace:focus-previous
Atom (Windows) - (Source: GitHub) core:focus-previous
Atom (Windows) - (Source: GitHub) core:focus-previous
Atom (Windows) - (Source: GitHub) github:select-previous-hunk
Atom (Windows) - (Source: GitHub) core:focus-previous
Atom (Windows) - (Source: Snippets) snippets:previous-tab-stop
AWS Cloud9 IDE (Mac) - Outdent
AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Outdent
Code::Blocks 17.12 - Dedent block.
Code::Blocks 20.03 - Dedent block
CodeMirror - Auto-indent the current line or selection
CodeMirror - Auto-indent the current line or selection
CoffeeCup Web Editor - Move selected block left
Databricks Notebook - Autocomplete, indent selection
Delphi - Moves the cursor to the left one tab position
Eclipse - Decrease indent of selected text
FBIde - Indent decrease of selected text/line
Haltech ESP - Selects the previous Tuning Page
IBM COBOL Editor - Shift Left
IntelliJ IDEA (macOS) - Unindent selected lines
IntelliJ IDEA (Windows, Linux) - Unindent selected lines
JetBrains Rider 2022.1 - Unindent Line or Selection
JetBrains WebStorm - Unindent selected lines
JetBrains WebStorm (macOS) - Unindent selected lines
Jupyter Notebook - Tooltip
JupyterLab - Launch console
JupyterLab - Launch file
JupyterLab - Launch notebook
LibreOffice Base - Selection of the control fields in opposite direction
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.SelectPreviousControl
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.TabLeft
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.TabLeft
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.TabLeft
Mode SQL Editor (Mac) - Outdent
Mode SQL Editor (Mac) - Outdent
Mode SQL Editor (Mac) - Outdent
Mode SQL Editor (Windows) - Outdent
Mode SQL Editor (Windows) - Outdent
Mode SQL Editor (Windows) - Outdent
pgAdmin 4.19 - Move focus to the previous control
pgAdmin 4.19 - Un-indent selected text
Principle - Select previous sibling
PyCharm 2018.2 - Move the selected block to the previous indentation level.
PythonWin - Block dedent the selection.
Reserved Mac - Navigate through controls in a reverse direction.
ReSharper 2021.3 (Visual Studio scheme) - Structural navigation: backwards
Roblox Studio - Unindent
RStudio - Outdent
RStudio (Mac) - Outdent
Sequel Pro 1.1.2 - Insertion full schema reference
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Decrease line indent
Sublime Text 4 - Insert
Sublime Text 4 - Unindent
Sublime Text 4 - Unindent
Sublime Text 4 - Unindent
Sublime Text 4 - Move
Sublime Text 4 - Previous field
WinDev 25 - Indent left
Web applications
BBC iPlayer - Move backwards through the buttons
CKEditor 5 - Move the selection to the previous cell
cPanel & WHM - Navigate up the menu
FastMail - (at start of list item) Unindent list
Google Search - Previous result
Google Sites (new) - Navigate between elements
OneDrive - Move among OneDrive regions
TinyMCE - Focus previous widget
TradingView - Indent left
Wix - Navigate between elements
YouTube - Move Navigate and move backward in player buttons
File manager
Adobe Bridge CC - Rename previous (with filename selected in Content panel)
Media player
EyeTV - Select the previous marker
KMPlayer - Playback message
Games
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Go to previous tab
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Previous target
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (PC) - Go to previous tab
Farming Simulator 19 (PC) - Previous vehicle
Football Manager 2020 - Move to previous control on screen
Live for Speed - Change View to Previous Car (Race Order)
Open Rails 0.6.2 - Extend dispacther
RollerCoaster Tycoon World - Cycle through the game speeds
Stellaris (PC) - Cycle backwards through your star-systems
Strike Commander - Time compression: 1x, 2x, 4x (sustained)
Tibia - Switch between channels
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Previous primary selection
Social & Messaging
Cisco Jabber (Mac) - Exit the messaging text entry field
HexChat 2.14.2 - Complete nick / command previous
Irssi 1.2.3 - stab
mIRC - Switch between editbox and the nickname listbox in a channel window
NewsBin Pro - (in dialog box) Previous field
Office Delve - Move to the previous area or item
Slack - Move Move focus to previous element
Security
DocuSign - Tab backward through fields
DocuSign - Tab backward through fields
Productivity
Ableton Live 10 - Toggle Device/Clip View
Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Toggle Device/Clip View
Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - (Tables) Move to Previous Cell
Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - Show/Hide all panels except toolbox
Apple Calendar - (while an event is open) Go to the previous field
Apple Calendar - Select the previous event
Apple Pages - Decrease the indent level of a list item
Apple Pages - Select the previous object on the page
Apple Pages - Select the previous object in a group
Apple Pages - Select the previous cell
Apple Pages - Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left
Autodesk Flame 2019 - Tall
Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Extend selection to next clip-boundary
Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Move to previous Search field
Banner 9 (Windows, Mac) - Previous Field/Item
Banner 9 (Windows, Mac) - Previous Field/Item
Basecamp - Decrease indent level
Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Focus previous field
Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Toggle Maximized Editing Mode
Bluebeam Revu - Previous comment
Cakewalk by Bandlab - Go to the previous note event in the current track
CCH Axcess Tax - Move to the previous option or option group.
Clarizen - Moves focus between controls in an editor (reverse order)
Clarizen - Moves between the input fields(reverse direction)
Clarizen - Moves between the input fields (reverse direction)
Clarizen - Moves between the input fields (reverse direction)
Confluence - Outdent item when in a list
Confluence - Move cursor to previous cell in the table
Confluence (Mac) - Outdent item when in a list
Confluence (Mac) - Move cursor to previous cell in the table
ConnectWise 2018.6 - Regress through form options
ConnectWise 2018.6 - Regress through form options
draw.io - Select previous
Dynamics NAV (Windows client) - Move to the previous field
Epic - Move to previous row
Epic - Move to previous row
Epic - Return bullet point to the left
Era-Ignite - Move backward one field at a time
Excel for the web - Move Left one cell
Excel for the web - Move to the previous cell or command
Figma - Select previous sibling
Google Translate - Navigate to previous UI item
Huggle - Previous tab
Jama Connect - Move to the left between groups of toolbar buttons
LibreOffice - Moves between areas (backwards)
LibreOffice - Selects the previous Drawing Object
Logo Accounting - Go to previous field
Luna (DAW) - Extend Selection To Next Transient
Microsoft Access 2019 - Move between commands within a group
Microsoft Access 2019 - Move the focus to commands on the ribbon
Microsoft Access 2019 - Move to the next or previous command on the ribbon
Microsoft Access 2019 - Move backward through options
Microsoft Access 2019 - Move to the next or previous option or option group
Microsoft Access 2019 - Move to the previous field
Microsoft Access 2019 - Move to the previous field
Microsoft Access 2019 - Move among cells
Microsoft Access 2019 - Move to the preceding cell
Microsoft Access 2019 - Select the previous item in the Help window
Microsoft Access 2019 - Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink
Microsoft Excel 2019 - Move the focus to commands on the ribbon
Microsoft PowerApps - Move to the previous option, option group, or column
Microsoft PowerApps - Move to the previous element
Microsoft PowerApps - Move to the previous element
Microsoft PowerApps - Move to the previous element
Microsoft PowerApps - Move to the previous element
MindManager 21 - Select next topic / previous topic
Monday.com (Windows & macOS) - Navigate to previous cell
Monday.com (Windows & macOS) - Navigate to previous cell
Notion (Windows) - Un-indent
OBIEE 12.2 - Move backward through options
OBIEE 12.2 - Browse dialog: Move focus between trees located in left pane
Oracle EBS Forms - Previous field
Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Select the previous appointment
Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Move to the previous field and control
QuickBooks Desktop - Go to the prior field
QuickBooks Desktop (Mac) - Previous field
Quip - De-indent a list item
REAPER - Item navigation: Move cursor to previous transient in items
SAGE PE Batigest i7 - Go to the previous field
Salesforce - Switch focus to previous element
Salesforce - Focus on previous item in the dashboard
Salesforce - Focus on previous item in the dashboard
Studio One 5.4 - Focus Previous
Superhuman (macOS) - Outdent list
Superhuman (macOS) - Previous split
TallyPrime - Go to the previous input field
Taskade - Outdent / Move left
Things (iPad) - Cycle backwards through text fields
Viz Artist 4.4 - Jump to previous Key Frame
Viz Artist 4.4 - Decrease Indent
Workpapers CS - Move to the previous field in the screen
WorkZone Client - Move backward between fields in the selected area
Ynab - Move focus up to the next budget cell
Scientific
Altium Designer - Tab backwards from the current cursor position
Eplan Platform 2.9 - Insert macro: Change representation type
JMP 15 - (when cell contents selected) Select the contents of the left cell
JMP 15 - Indent selection left
LabView - Enables automatic tool selection
Maple - Move cursor up to previous input region
MathType 7 - Previous slot
Microsoft Power BI Desktop - Move focus backward in section
OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Backtab
PowerScribe 360 - Previous field or table cell
Solidworks 2019 - Show component under mouse
Solidworks 2019 - Hide/Show. Shows all components below the pointer.
Solidworks 2019 - While Inserting a Component. Rotates the component -90º.
Tekla Structures 20 - Previous position
Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - Move left by one cell
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