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Tabbing in Scripts

  • April 21, 2026
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Not sure if this is a new thing but whenever I try to tab in one of my computer scripts, the page/textbox loses focus and the browser location bar takes focus. This is on Safari. In Chrome I get tabbed to the next on screen button (“cancel” in this case).

Shouldn’t the textbox/area remain in focus even with a tab?

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AJPinto
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  • April 22, 2026

Tab behavior comes from the browser, not Jamf. In web textareas, Tab moves focus to the next UI element, it doesn’t indent text. If you need Tab to insert spaces, use a real editor like VSCode or CodeRunner.


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  • April 22, 2026

Well AJ, I certainly use an editor when writing. I would expect though that i can do a quick edit in the provided text area like how I do in….say...Google Docs...in the same browser...where tabs are accepted properly.