--- title: How to Insert Spaces or Tabs in Text Using HTML and CSS --- ## How to Insert Spaces or Tabs in Text Using HTML and CSS There are a multitude of ways to insert spaces using html. For simplicity sake we will go over one of these, which are by inserting a Span tag. ## Span Tag ``<span>`` Span Tags ``<span>`` are self closing tags meaning they do not need a ``/>``. ## Span Example An example of how a ``<span>`` tag inserts a space between text can be seen below. ``<p>Hello may name is <span> James</p>`` If you assign a class to your ``<span>`` then you could add some css to it. Like so, ``<p>Hello my name is <span class=tab> James</p>`` Then either in an external stylesheet or an internal-stylesheet you can give the ``class .tab`` some properties. ## Span Class Example For example ``.tab {padding-left: 2px;}`` You can also give the ``<span>`` some inline-style properties, as shown below. ``<p>Hello my name is <span style="padding-left: 2px;"> James</p>`` ## More Information For more information on the <span> tag or on; How to Insert Spaces or Tabs in Text Using HTML and CSS, you can visit w3schools. https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_span.asp