Hi, BenPleysier​: Thanks for your reply. This built-in feature of Dreamweaver is really convenient and I hope Adobe will update it, but I will consider your suggestion in the meantime. ... View more

Anna Lander​, winterm​: I've discovered that this GREP rule achieves the result I'm looking for: (?<=[^\t])\t …I.E., "a tab preceded by any character that is not a tab." However, I still don't understand why my original GREP rule: (?<!\t)\t …I.E., "a tab not preceded by a tab" does not work. ... View more

Anna Lander​, winterm​: Thank you for your replies and sorry for my delayed response. What version of InDesign? InDesign CC (13.0.1) What's your final goal? … Apply formatting? Yes, to apply formatting (specifically, a character style). How many 'tab groups' can occur in one paragraph? The paragraph may have just one tab (all by itself) or multiple "tab groups". You want to 'target first tab of two tabs', on the other hand, you're looking for 'a tab not preceded by a tab'. This will match any single tab, too? Yes, I'd like to match single tabs and the first tab of two tabs. E.G., I hope this provides clarification. I thought this GREP rule: (?<!\t)\t …specified "a tab not preceded by a tab"; however, the character style is applied to all tabs. Thank you for your attention. ... View more