How to get a tab character?

Question

In HTML, there is no character for a tab, but I am confused as to why I can copy and paste one here: . (You can\'t see the full width of it, but if you click to edit my q

Answer 1

Posting another alternative to be more complete. When I tried the "pre" based answers, they added extra vertical line breaks as well.

Each tab can be converted to a sequence non-breaking spaces which require no wrapping.

"    " 

This is not recommended for repeated/extensive use within a page. A div margin/padding approach would appear much cleaner.