title: How to get a tab character?
body: <p>In HTML, there is no character for a tab, but I am confused as to why I can copy and paste one here:    . (You can't see the full width of it, but if you click to edit my question, you will see the character.) If I can copy and paste a tab character, there should be a unicode equivalent that can be coded into html. I know it doesn't exist, but this is a mystery I've never been able to grasp.</p>
  
  <p>So my question is: why is there not a unicode character for a tab even if I can copy and paste it?</p>