Tabbing in text boxes

Question

How can I make a text box that allows users to enter tabs, and does not send the user to the next element when the tab button is pressed?

Answer 1

You only need to check for tabs onkeydown via event.keyCode === 9. Inserting the character into the textarea is non-trivial - use a library or google for 'insertatcaret'.

Answer 2

There are already some plug-ins for jQuery that do this. One for example is Tabby.