# Tab no longer indents bullet list items when text is selected across multiple items

**URL:** <https://community.anytype.io/t/tab-no-longer-indents-bullet-list-items-when-text-is-selected-across-multiple-items/31094>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** Editor-or-Blocks, Desktop\
**Created:** [July 25, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tab-no-longer-indents-bullet-list-items-when-text-is-selected-across-multiple-items/31094 "2026-07-25T07:35:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![geesecross](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@geesecross](https://community.anytype.io/u/geesecross)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tab-no-longer-indents-bullet-list-items-when-text-is-selected-across-multiple-items/31094/1 "2026-07-25T07:35:47Z")

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**WHAT IS THE BUG**

Before v0.56.0, I could select text across multiple bullet list items and press **Tab** to indent all of the corresponding list items.

Since v0.56.0, this no longer works. If the drag starts within the text area, Anytype creates a text selection instead of a block selection, and pressing **Tab** no longer indents the selected list items.

As a workaround, I have to carefully start dragging from an area outside the text so that the blocks themselves are selected.

**HOW TO REPRODUCE IT**

**THE EXPECTED BEHAVIOR**

As in versions before v0.56.0, pressing **Tab** should indent the corresponding bullet list items, even when the selection spans the text of multiple items.

**TECHNICAL INFORMATION**

```auto
OS version: darwin arm64 26.5.2
App version: 0.56.0
Build number: build on 2026-07-17 23:05:35 +0000 UTC at #d03cedda1073744beab396559622e7847a955f1f
Library version: v0.50.17
Anytype Identity: A9j5njAVXPc31H5FRAs6XzsNsQ6wkmruRQNF5zEXLpTaKKa6
Analytics ID: 30afe68f-0b97-41cb-824c-172bf491c4e0
Device ID: 12D3KooWRqzkK63uTAfqHFzgHxh2cnV8HR4r2w8MB1ttkyKvTose
Ethereum Address: 0xC64cB08CECbC819D964C0babF6535179C117f373

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**Author:** ![kaye](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/kaye/32/26600_2.png) [@kaye](https://community.anytype.io/u/kaye)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tab-no-longer-indents-bullet-list-items-when-text-is-selected-across-multiple-items/31094/2 "2026-07-25T08:38:49Z")

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Thanks for reporting this. We’ll look into it.

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**Author:** ![geesecross](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@geesecross](https://community.anytype.io/u/geesecross)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tab-no-longer-indents-bullet-list-items-when-text-is-selected-across-multiple-items/31094/3 "2026-08-14T11:59:33Z")

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> **Select Text Across Blocks**
> 
> You can now select text that spans multiple blocks and copy, cut, or quote it all at once. Grabbing a passage that runs across several paragraphs or list items no longer means doing it one block at a time.

v0.56.1 claims that the bug is fixed, but the fix is half-baked.

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**Author:** ![kaye](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/kaye/32/26600_2.png) [@kaye](https://community.anytype.io/u/kaye)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/tab-no-longer-indents-bullet-list-items-when-text-is-selected-across-multiple-items/31094/4 "2026-08-14T12:48:04Z")

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Thanks for sharing this, I’ve added a more detailed issue on indentation when highlighting text across multiple blocks where different levels of indentation already exist.