Document Tab stops

[Nick Anderson]

When you have no text in your RichTextBox  and you hit the 'tab' key, it looks like it jumps from Tab position to Tab position withinin the textbox.

When you have text and you hit 'tab' key after you type a character, then it looks like it just adds a few spaces. Why does it not jump to the next Tab position?

Is there a setting to change this behavior?

My users would like to be able to line up text(of variable font sizes) across different lines based on these tab postions.

[Iva Toteva]

Hi Nick Anderson,

RadRichTextBox does not use Tab-stops. Rather, when you press Tab, the control either inserts a tab-symbol or changes the paragraph indent with a predefined value (DocumentDefaultSettings.INDENT_STEP) with default value of 28 dip. 
We have tab-stops on our to-do list, but they have not been scheduled yet. You can track our progress on this item using PITS:
PITS Issue ID: 7091
Public Url: http://www.telerik.com/support/pits.aspx#/public/silverlight/7091

All the best,
Iva
the Telerik team

[Charles]

I've just searched for tab stops and come across this thread.  I've checked the PITS link, and it says "resolved" - I can set tab stops in the latest version, but the behaviour when pressing tab is unchanged from what was described in this thread.  I'm guessing it's not implemented yet.

Any info on what "resolved" means would be useful!            

[Iva Toteva]

Hello Charlie,

The PITS issue is about implementing tab stops. The issue has been resolved because the feature itself has been completed. For example, if you are not at the beginning of a paragraph, pressing tab would move the caret to the next tab stop.
The only case where the behavior in RadRichTextBox is different than that in Word is when the caret is at the beginning of an empty paragraph. We have logged the issue for revision, but it has not been scheduled yet.

I hope this answers your question.

Kind regards,
Iva Toteva
the Telerik team