Unless I'm missing something, this still isn't available in the web client. In fact, I wasn't even able to copy/paste indented text in without losing the indentation … which seems to hint at an underlying technical reason, rather than a simple lack of a button or keyboard shortcut in the composer. I'm all for forgoing unnecessary formatting tools, most of which usually make email worse imo, but indentation is pretty basic for presenting anything even remotely complex.
I should add that I was able to insert a unicode tab (U+0009) and that plus overuse of the blockquote is the workaround I'm now using. Hopefully that helps if anyone else finds there way here. Doesn't cover all uses though, obviously.
Unless I'm missing something, this still isn't available in the web client. In fact, I wasn't even able to copy/paste indented text in without losing the indentation … which seems to hint at an underlying technical reason, rather than a simple lack of a button or keyboard shortcut in the composer. I'm all for forgoing unnecessary formatting tools, most of which usually make email worse imo, but indentation is pretty basic for presenting anything even remotely complex.
I should add that I was able to insert a unicode tab (U+0009) and that plus overuse of the blockquote is the workaround I'm now using. Hopefully that helps if anyone else finds there way here. Doesn't cover all uses though, obviously.