app/assets/javascripts/enable_tab.js
// Used to enable the use of TAB in textarea
// This is useful when editing the JSON Query directly as people are used to pressing TAB for indentation
// Used by DataInteractive only but still included in application.js
function enableTab(id) {
var el = document.getElementById(id);
if (el !== null) {
el.onkeydown = function(e) {
if (e.keyCode === 9) { // tab was pressed
// get caret position/selection
var val = this.value,
start = this.selectionStart,
end = this.selectionEnd;
// set textarea value to: text before caret + tab + text after caret
this.value = val.substring(0, start) + '\t' + val.substring(end);
// put caret at right position again
this.selectionStart = this.selectionEnd = start + 1;
// prevent the focus lose
return false;
}
};
}
}