indent wrapped text

Question

So I\'m simulating a table layout with a div and a couple spans inside it. I\'d like the span on the right to indent any text that wraps. I\'ve tried a few things and can\'t ge

Answer 1

It sounds like you want a hanging indent. CSS something like this should do the trick:

.hanging-indent
{
  text-indent : -3em ;
  margin-left :  3em ;
}

But since your is an inline element, the text-indent property, as well as other CSS properties pertaining to a block, is meaningless.