Tabulation in the html textarea

Question

How to make possible the use of tabulation inside the textarea? So when you press tab was put 4 spaces, and it does not go to the next item.

Your Question is Vague, you need to be more specific with what you have tried and what you are expecting — dreamweiver, Jun 03 '13 at 10:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

$(document).delegate('#textbox', 'keydown', function(e) {
  var keyCode = e.keyCode || e.which;

  if (keyCode == 9) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var start = $(this).get(0).selectionStart;
    var end = $(this).get(0).selectionEnd;

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

    // put caret at right position again
    $(this).get(0).selectionStart =
    $(this).get(0).selectionEnd = start + 1;
  }
});

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Tabulation in the html textarea

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