Jun
30
2014

Allow Tab in Textarea

If you’re a programmer, then you know exactly how irritating it can be to have a big blank textarea that you just happen to leave if you hit the tab key. Not anymore! var textareas = document.getElementsByTagName(‘textarea’); var count = textareas.length; for(i=0;i<count;i++){ textareas[i].onkeydown = function(e){ if(e.keyCode==9 || event.which==9){ e.preventDefault(); var s = this.selectionStart; this.value = this.value.substring(0,this.selectionStart) + "\t" + this.value.substring(this.selectionEnd); this.selectionEnd = s+1; } } }