tab key not working on Galaxy Nexus

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.evident when using Documents to go spreadsheet
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What is the expected behavior? What do you see instead?tab key flashes on 
screen, but does not move to next cell

What version of Hacker's Keyboard are you using? (See top of the app's1
Settings menu.) On what phone or tablet? 1.27.4511

If applicable, does this affect the 4-row or 5-row layout, or both? Which
language(s)?

Please provide any additional informa

Original issue reported on code.google.com by steve.pi...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2012 at 11:40

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I'm fairly sure that this is caused by a bug in the receiving application - the 
keyboard should be sending a KEYCODE_TAB key event, but it's up to the 
individual application to handle the key event appropriately.

Can you check if it works with the stock Android keyboard? It has a well-hidden 
tab key reachable by pressing the "?123" and then "=\<" keys.

You could try the latest prerelease (1.28rc16 or later) from 
http://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/downloads/list to see if that makes a 
difference, but I don't think I've changed plain Tab key handling since the 
Market release.

If Tab works with the stock keyboard or (if you have one) a Bluetooth keyboard, 
please let me know, but if not I think you need to contact the app author to 
add support for that key event.

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2012 at 8:13

• Changed state: NeedInfo

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Steve tried the stock keyboard with no luck. It appears that ICS deals with the 
TAB key much like windows deals with the tab key when not in a text editor. It 
moves the focus past the text box instead of indenting a fixed amount. The 
stock text messaging app will move focus out of the text box when the TAB key 
is pressed, regardless of the keyboard used. I am running Cyanogenmod 2.3.7 and 
when I press the TAB key in a messaging box it indents the cursor (which is the 
preferred function).

Original comment by i.defene...@gmail.com on 13 Jan 2012 at 6:17

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Thank you for confirming. I'm afraid I'll have to close this issue as "works as 
intended", and you'll have to take things up with the application developer if 
you want the tab key to do something different.

Do you happen to know what Cyanogenmod changed specifically? I'm assuming they 
modified the text editing widget to insert indenting tabs in multi-line edit 
fields, but that's an OS level change which I can't do from the keyboard.

Original comment by Klaus.We...@gmail.com on 13 Jan 2012 at 7:53

• Changed state: WontFix

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I don't believe Cyanogenmod changed anything specifically. I believe it has 
more to do with Cyanogenmod 7 (2.3.7) is built on Gingerbread Source and not 
Ice Cream Sandwich Source. I will be interested in this key's behavior when 
Cyanogenmod 9 (Built on ICS) comes out. I understand closing this issue and I 
agree this is beyond your control.
Thank you for responding.

Original comment by i.defene...@gmail.com on 16 Jan 2012 at 10:19