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add tab to textarea javascript

document.getElementById('textbox').addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
  if (e.key == 'Tab') {
    e.preventDefault();
    var start = this.selectionStart;
    var end = this.selectionEnd;

    // set textarea value to: text before caret + tab + text after caret
    this.value = this.value.substring(0, start) +
      "\t" + this.value.substring(end);

    // put caret at right position again
    this.selectionStart =
      this.selectionEnd = start + 1;
  }
});
Posted by: Guest on October-27-2021

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