I allow them to be put in my rich text fields.   They translate as 5 
spaces, but I allow it.   I capture the key press and add 5 spaces if 
it is #9.
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Best Wishes,

George
http://www.pggp.com
On Dec 9, 2004, at 2:28 AM, Robert Purves wrote:

> Why do you want to detect tab key presses? They normally signal the 
> user's wish to advance keyboard focus to the next focussable control 
> in the window. Thus they get filtered out either by the system 
> CarbonEvent handlers or by the FB runtime, and are never passed to an 
> editable text control or edit field.