Editing Tab key (section)

{{short description|Key on a keyboard for tabulation}}
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[[Image:Keyboard-left keys.jpg|thumb|Tab key (top left) on a standard [[Windows keyboard]]]]
The '''tab key''' {{keypress|Tab}} (abbreviation of '''tabulator key'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/ptf/UnderwoodPortableGallery.html|title=Underwood Portable Typewriter Gallery|access-date=2011-04-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222053316/http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/ptf/UnderwoodPortableGallery.html|archive-date=2011-02-22}}</ref> or '''tabular key''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.machinesoflovinggrace.com/manuals/Underwood3-5manual.pdf|title=Instructions for Using the Underwood Typewriter|access-date=2011-04-09}}</ref> on a [[alphanumeric keyboard|keyboard]] is used to advance the cursor to the next [[tab stop]].