# Indent text in CotEditor on Mac

By the commands Shift Left and Shift Right, you can increase or decrease the indent level of the selection.

The actual action of those commands whether increase or decrease the indent level depends on the writing direction of the document.

Writing direction | Shift left | Shift right
--- | --- | ---
Left to Right | Decrease | Increase
Right to left | Increase | Decrease
Vertical orientation | Decrease | Increase