Indenting text from an arraylist...

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I created an arraylist. Some items need to be indented.
....
MyList.Add("Text")
MyList.Add(" Text2")
MyList.Add(" Next text")
.....

I then databind the arraylist with a datalist control. However, the
datalist control does not recognize my spaces and places all text
left-justified. Is there anything I can do to preserve my spaces? The
indentation follow no pattern and are used to create an outline format.

Thanks,
RABMissouri
 
Hello RAB,

I would think you're going to have to add some html formatting in your
display logic. The simplest case would be something along the lines of:

MyList.Add("Text")
MyList.Add(" Text2")
MyList.Add(" Next text")

Or you could probably do something with the <UL> <LI> html elements. Maybe
someone will come up with something more clever for you.
 
I created an arraylist. Some items need to be indented.
...
MyList.Add("Text")
MyList.Add(" Text2")
MyList.Add(" Next text")
....

I then databind the arraylist with a datalist control. However,
the datalist control does not recognize my spaces and places all
text left-justified. Is there anything I can do to preserve my
spaces? The indentation follow no pattern and are used to
create an outline format.

Thanks,
RABMissouri
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RAB,

When multiple spaces appear in HTML text, the browser will only
display one space. To display multiple spaces, use the &nbsp;
construct (it stands for "Non Breaking SPace").

So your code could be modified like this:

MyList.Add("Text")
MyList.Add("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Text2")
MyList.Add("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Next text")


Run this HTML page to see the difference:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Line 1
<BR/>
Line 2
<BR/>
Line&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3
</BODY>
</HTML>
 
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