# Can you do this (tabstops)?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-do-this-tabstops/297711>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 7, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-do-this-tabstops/297711 "2009-10-07T14:14:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![fjckls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fjckls](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fjckls)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-do-this-tabstops/297711/1 "2009-10-07T14:14:40Z")

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You have dynamic text field which is set up to render text as HTML and you are loading in some text from xml. The goal is to display text like so with tab stops on one line:

```auto
One Two Three

```

Actionscript:

```php
dynamicText.htmlText = xml.someText;

```

XML:

```php
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xml>
    <someText>
        <![CDATA[One Two Three]]>
    </someText>
</xml>

```

How to implement tabstops.  
I know that actionscript 3 supports HTML tag **\<textformat\>** with atribute **tabstops**. How to use them?  
Any thoughts?

Thank you!