OnKeyDown TAB value "undocumented"

[lazi]

Please check this test case!
If you press the TAB key, instead of a "TAB" string in msg.key it returns 8 bytes of $20 (TAB) characters as a string.
Is it at least an undocumented feature

(HollyWood 8, OS4)

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Function p_keys(msg)
	Cls
	Locate(0,0)
	NPrint("OnKeyDown key:",msg.key)
	NPrint("Length       :",StrLen(msg.key))
	NPrint("Unpacked:",Unpack(StrToArray(msg.key)))
EndFunction

InstallEventHandler({OnKeyDown=p_keys})

NPrint("Press a key")

Repeat
	WaitEvent
Forever
                 

[airsoftsoftwair]

This is normal behaviour (albeit not documented). If you want to have raw key codes, use the raw key down handlers.

[lazi]

Ahh, ok, but why is the 8 bytes?

[airsoftsoftwair]

Ahh, ok, but why is the 8 bytes?

That is my preferred tab width, I always use 8