Tab in a textarea

[webmigit]

I'd like let users put a tab in a textarea... Like this " ". Right now they write it up in notepad and then c&p..

Is there javascript to do this? An html option?

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You will have to build your own keyboard handler which overrides the onkeydown event (unfortunately, onkeypress does not fire for the tab key) which cancels the default behaviour of moving to the next field, and inserts a tab character instead.

Try searching on Google for "textarea tab" for more information - this page was the first result that showed up for me... And although it is more of a .net thing, the principles should be the same.

http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/familjones/archive/2004/04/01/10607.aspx

Hope this helps,
Dan