Positioning text in a dynamic outline

[SteveB]

I have an expandable tree that looks something like:
- name1 number1 description1
text a
text b
+ name2 number2 description2
+ name3 number3 description3
etc.

All names in the list can be expanded to see information
levels below them.

The names at the highest level are different and have
different lengths. I pad the distance before beginning
the numbers with spaces but because their preceeding
names have a different number of characters with
different character widths, the numbers end up in a wavey
line when the tree is collapsed.

Is there a way to set the position of the numbers so that
they line up - like a tab setting in Word?

Thanks.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

No

Use tables and cell alignment for your layout

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| I have an expandable tree that looks something like:
| - name1 number1 description1
| text a
| text b
| + name2 number2 description2
| + name3 number3 description3
| etc.
|
| All names in the list can be expanded to see information
| levels below them.
|
| The names at the highest level are different and have
| different lengths. I pad the distance before beginning
| the numbers with spaces but because their preceeding
| names have a different number of characters with
| different character widths, the numbers end up in a wavey
| line when the tree is collapsed.
|
| Is there a way to set the position of the numbers so that
| they line up - like a tab setting in Word?
|
| Thanks.

 

[SteveB]

Thanks but tables won't work. I can't insert a table at
different levels into a collapsable list.