bug - multiline textfield do not accept tab spacing
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Description
Textfields are unable to accept tab spacing. Instead the focus manager uses them to move to the next control. As a result it is not possible to type indented text in a textfield.
Possible work arounds could be using keylistener to try to trap tab and redirect a parsed output in textfield....headache and chatty server!
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with a multiline textfield and inspect the textfield and focus-manager handling of the Tab key. Compare the current behavior with the linked Flutter example, then verify that Tab can insert indentation without preventing normal focus navigation in other controls.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- flutter
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100