List indentation with show rule but top-level doesn't change

[vmartel08]

Hi there,

There are a few posts around like this one that should answer your question. tl;dr: you should use a show: set rule rather than a basic show rule.

Which show rule takes precedence?

Here is how rules are applied for a particular element according to my understanding (copy-pasted from another thread but it better belongs here I guess): All applicable show-set rules are gathered, with later rules overwriting previous ones so #show ref: set text(red, weight: "bold") #show ref: set text(blue) will show refs in blue and bold. The element is materialized in accordance with these show-set rules. For example after #show ref: set ref(supplement: [X]) all ref elements with …

@Andrew

The short answer is that show rules are wrappers, that can introduce styling issues later down the road (if you need to style the element further). Which is what you see. Therefore, you should always avoid using show rules and instead use set/show-set/set-if/show-set-if rules, i.e., try something else before making show rule.