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On 5/20/2005 at 10:45:31 AM, Magnus wrote:

> When I have a panel with multiple text fields I use TAB to
> go to the next field. However, as soon as I entered text in
> a JTextArea I inserted a TAB instead of going to the next field.

The TAB key is normally a focus traversal key, but the text for a
JTextArea can contain tabs, so JTextArea changes it to insert a tab
character.

> I can't see why the implementation of TAB behavior should differ
> for one component like that. 

The TAB key has been used both for focus traversal and for inserting a TAB
character in text editing applications.  The current behavior seems like a
reasonable compromise.  And if you do not like it, you can change it.

> In the MS world CTRL-TAB insert a tab

It does not do that consistently.  I have found many Microsoft
applications on my system in which that does not work.

Are you aware of any official MS specification that says that the TAB key
should work that way?

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John McGrath [TeamB]

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