I see. Thank you for your very helpful reply!

On 01.05.2023 20:45, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Philipp Kiefer<phil.kiefer@gmail.com>  writes:
>
>>> Do I understand you correctly that you mean tab should cycle visibility
>>> in this case?
>>>
>>> * headline
>>> some text
>>> CURSOR IS HERE
>>> - a list
>> Yes, I suggested that in those cases, org-cycle should fold the subtree
>> point is in, i. e. fold up to the next parent heading above.
> To get this, just customize `org-cycle-emulate-tab' to nil.
>
>> Hm, for me, TAB does not currently seem to do any indenting anywhere in
>> an Org file.
> It just means that <TAB> is not configured to do anything in your Emacs.
> By default, the Org's fallback is `org-cycle-emulate-tab' or whatever
> global <TAB> is bound to.
>
>> If people use tab for indentation in Org out of the box when not on
>> headings (which it has never done for me, I think), my suggestion would
>> indeed be moot.
> <TAB> does a lot of staff. Just read through `org-cycle' docstring.
>