A key, often labeled with both a left-pointing and a right-pointing arrow, that traditionally (as in word processing) is used to insert tab characters into a document. In other applications, such as menu-driven programs, the Tab key is often used to move the on-screen highlight from place to place. Many database and spreadsheet programs allow the user to press the Tab key to move around within a record or between cells. The word tab is short for “tabulator,” which was the name given to this key on typewriters, where it was used in creating tables. See also tab character.
The key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation.
1. Taste, mit der in den meisten Textverarbeitungsprogrammen aktive Tabulatoren angesprungen werden können.
2. Zusammen mit der ALT-Taste gedrückt kann man unter WINDOWS mit der Tabulator-Taste durch die aktiven Tasks blättern.
3. Diverse Anwendungsprogramme benutzen die Tabulator-Taste für die unterschiedlichsten Dinge: in einigen Tabellenkalkulationsprogrammen kann man von einer Zelle zur nächsten springen; im AEC-Programm SPIRIT wechselt man zum nächsten Layer;.... Tabulator-Taste