From c45e5609c008f4add129b604796e6543255e7aa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will McGugan <willmcgugan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:58:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] spacial case for tabs in text area

---
 src/textual/widgets/_text_area.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_text_area.py b/src/textual/widgets/_text_area.py
index c80acbeeca..1b11e21331 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_text_area.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_text_area.py
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@ def check_consume_key(self, key: str) -> bool:
         """
         if self.read_only:
             return False
+        if self.tab_behavior == "indent" and key == "tab":
+            return True
         return len(key) == 1 and key.isprintable()
 
     def _build_highlight_map(self) -> None: