Issue 50552 in chromium: Mac: option+tab doesn't enter tab character in textarea

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Status: Unconfirmed
Owner: ----
Labels: Type-Bug Pri-2 Area-Undefined

New issue 50552 by matthewgrichmond: Mac: option+tab doesn't enter tab
character in textarea
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=50552

Chrome Version : 6.0.476.0 (53469)
URLs (if applicable) :
Other browsers tested:
Add OK or FAIL after other browsers where you have tested this issue:
Safari 4:
Firefox 3.x:
IE 7:
IE 8:

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. On Mac: Go to textarea and press option+tab key combination. Unsure
what key combo is for Windows.
2.
3.

What is the expected result?

- Insert a tab character into textarea.

What happens instead?

- Focus moves to next field

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if
possible.

- This has changed somewhere in the past month or two, as Chromium used to
do this behavior. (and it is sorely missed) :)

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Updates:
Status: Untriaged

Comment #2 on issue 50552 by rse...@chromium.org: Mac: option+tab doesn't

enter tab character in textarea
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=50552

Confirmed on 6.0.486.0 (Developer Build 54914).

[chro...@googlecode.com]

Comment #10 on issue 50552 by Slauncha...@gmail.com: Mac: option+tab

doesn't enter tab character in textarea
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=50552

Just confirming that this works in Safari 5.0.5 on Mac OS X 10.6.8 for me,
but not in Chrome 12.0.742.122.