Tab character & Tab amount, and setting width & alignment

Is there a way to type the tab character ('\t') when setting text in a text box?

How many spaces is this tab? Is there a way to set the tab spacing amount?

Also, is there a way to set the width (eg. 4 spaces) and alignment (left or right) for a number which the text box is writing?

Note that I'm not referring to the alignment (whether horizontal or vertical) of the text box object as a whole. I'm referring to individual values (whether they are numbers or text/strings) that are part of a larger group of text in this text box, and how to format the output.

Thanks.

[quote:tl0o5nwo]Is there a way to type the tab character ('\t') when setting text in a text box?

Two ways come to mind:

1. Type tab in Notepad and copy/paste it over.

2. Use the python expression: python("'one\ttwo'")

[quote:tl0o5nwo]How many spaces is this tab?

Measure it and see.

[quote:tl0o5nwo]Is there a way to set the tab spacing amount?

You can do this manually by using a bunch of spaces instead of tab.

[quote:tl0o5nwo]Also, is there a way to set the width (eg. 4 spaces)

EditBox has an action for that: "Limit Text"

[quote:tl0o5nwo]alignment (left or right)

Left is default. Right is not possible without using the winapi through python.