How to indent inside any control

By Virgin Pereira
<1 min. read

Need to indent items in controls that don't support it, like the Checkbox group or Radio Button Group?

  1. Duplicate your control
  2. Remove lines that need to be indented from the first one
  3. Remove all lines except indented ones from the second one
  4. Overlay second control on the first one
  5. Select both controls (easest to do with CTRL \ + A)
  6. Group the controls together from the menu (or press CTRL \ + G)

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You can even transform the group to a symbol. This will make it easier to use from the UI library or search.

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Virgin Pereira
Virgin Pereira

Questions or feedback? Email virgin@balsamiq.com.

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