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Noun

tab key - the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation

tab

key - a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

typewriter keyboard - a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed

Translations

tab key

n → Tabtaste f; (on typewriter) → Tabulatortaste f

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Write part of a sentence, the Google AI pops up a suggestion for the rest, based on the syntax of millions of users, and you only need to hit the tab key to accept it.

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For example, "I haven't seen you" might be autocompleted to "I haven't seen you in a while and I hope you're doing well." You can accept the completion by hitting the tab key.

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(To see a focus ring, press the TAB key on nytimes.com; it moves a box from link to link.) However, focus rings can also distract sighted readers; Fisher notes that readers often report them as bugs in the design.

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This feature allows to expand the UPDATE statement to a full code template on pressing the Tab key.

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Many authors still use the space bar instead of the tab key and tend to centralise titles and headings with the space bar.

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If you turn on Full Keyboard Access in System Preferences (under Keyboard), note that you can now switch through the previous, play/pause, next, AirPlay, and other buttons with the tab key. In our experience, that occasionally meant that we accidentally ended up restarting a track when we tried to use the spacebar to pause, because that button had become tab-selected.

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