How do I replicate a \t tab space in HTML?

Question

How can I use the common \\t escape character in html ? Is it possible?

I need a code that has the same function as the /t escape character

Answer 1

The same issue exists for a Mediawiki: It does not provide tabs, nor are consecutive spaces allowed.

Although not really a TAB function, the workaround was to add a template named 'Tab', which replaces each call (i.e. {{tab}}) by 4 non-breaking space symbols:

Those are not collapsed, and create a 4 space distance anywhere used.
It's not really a tab, because it would not align to fixed tab positions, but I still find many uses for it.

Maybe someone can come up with similar mechanism for a Wiki Template in HTML (CSS class or whatever).