Encoding a tab in html

html-entities
Senseful picture Senseful · Oct 16, 2010 · Viewed 65.9k times · Source

I can encode a space using   in an HTML document. Is there an equivalent for the tab character?

I'm trying to preload a <textarea> with text that contains tabs, but my CMS removes any tab characters that exist in the HTML code.

Answer

700 Software picture 700 Software · Oct 16, 2010

After reviewing your edit, the answer is very simply: &#9; :)

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