is there a way to disable 'tab' on a input type='text'?

Question

is there a cross-browser solution to disable \'tab\' on a input type=\'text\' ?

Pressing \'tab\' moves you to the

Answer 1

document.querySelector('input').addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
    if (e.which == 9) {
        e.preventDefault();
    }
});

Depends on how cross-browser you are talking though, as the above only supports IE9 (and other modern browsers).

http://jsfiddle.net/ExplosionPIlls/YVUzz/

IE8- use attachEvent instead of addEventListener and e.keyCode instead of e.which, and there is no preventDefault, but you can use return false.