# My Tab Key Has Mutated

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tab-key-has-mutated/34839
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 28, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tab-key-has-mutated/34839 "2000-09-28T03:36:10Z")
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### Author: ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tab-key-has-mutated/34839/1 "2000-09-28T03:36:10Z")

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I have no idea why or how this has happened, but my “Tab” key no longer takes me to the next field when pressed (as in filling out a form on-line). Instead, it now seems to act as a sort of toggle between my browser window and my inbox (in Netscape) or between my main console and my private message boxes (in Napster).

Any ideas what’s happened?

P.S. The **only** new thing I’ve done lately is to have downloaded the newest version of RealPlayer.