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HOW TO: Allow a ‘tab’ in a textarea entry box.

@gsbJun 26.2003

My form has a textarea entry box in which the user types in ‘tab separated data’, but…
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Is there anyway to stop this default behavior and allow my users to input a tab character as data?

Thanks.

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@gsbauthorJun 26.2003 — #Hummmm.

I'm going to have to play with this some.

'thought there might be a way to turn it off.

Most data will be cut 'n paste w/ tab separated cols.

But some editing is to be expected, so problems, huh?

How about capturing the key-code as entered, substituting as you suggest and returning a false return code. Any merit?

Thanks Dave.

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