# Report designer tab key

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-designer-tab-key/11046>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 14, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-designer-tab-key/11046 "2016-01-14T18:28:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![fledder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@fledder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/fledder)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-designer-tab-key/11046/1 "2016-01-14T18:28:15Z")

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Ignition 7.8.0 b2015101414  
Gateway Java 1.8.0\_65 on Win Server 2012R2  
Designer Java 1.8.0\_66 on Windows 7

In the report designer, when editing table cells directly (not through the properties window), pressing the Tab key both inserts a Tab character and moves to the next cell. (Shift-Tab also displays this behavior, both inserting a Tab character and moving to the previous cell.)

From the properties window, Tab inserts a tab and does not move to the next cell.

My vote would be for it to move to the next cell when directly editing, but doing both seems incorrect.

Minor gripe, but I thought I’d bring it up.

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-designer-tab-key/11046/2 "2016-01-14T21:13:46Z")

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Good catch. It definitely shouldn’t do both. I’ll make a ticket for that.