How do you do basic Tabs (where "\t" = 4 spaces)?

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Is there an easy way to say "when I push tab, insert a space 4 spaces wide", such that when I press delete, it deletes it as if it were one object?

There's gotta be something simple I'm missing.

Thanks.

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robin_briggs

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You could figure out how wide the space is, multiply by 4, and set up tab stops at those locations, then insert tabs in the text. Those will delete as a single unit. I guess you could also insert a space with a tracking value attached that makes it larger. So you'd insert the space, then call applyFormat to set the tracking value.

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viatroposAuthor

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There it is!!! Thank you so much, it makes sense now:

protected function editor_keyDownHandler(event:KeyboardEvent):void

{

var position:Number;

var bounds:Point = TextUtil.getSelectedLineBoundsPosition(editor.textDisplay);

if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.TAB)

{

position = editor.selectionAnchorPosition - bounds.x + 10;

editor.textFlow.tabStops = "s" + position.toString();

editor.insertText("\t");

editor.textFlow.tabStops = null;

}

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