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Do most people (non-programmers/sysadmins) use the tab key when writing text?

I'm used to the tab key moving the focus to the next field. It would annoy me if on one website it didn't, I'm sure.

I use the tab key when shifting focus, but, for things like editors, you can't have it jumping around to shift focus.

For things like forms, its fine.

Upvoted, and I agree. Breaking tab functionality is a no-go on forms used for repetitive data entry. It is probably OK for a contact form and other WYSIWYG edit boxes, but please use it judiciously.

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