# How to turn off tab + space submitting a reply?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [26.Февраль.2019 22:33:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-turn-off-tab-space-submitting-a-reply/110184 "2019-02-26T22:33:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![tessus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tessus/32/126320_2.png) [@tessus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [26.Февраль.2019 22:33:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-turn-off-tab-space-submitting-a-reply/110184/1 "2019-02-26T22:33:56Z")

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It happened to me more than once that a topic was posted even though I haven’t finished writing it, since some key combination (I don’t know which one, it always happened by accident) created the topic and/or sent a message.

This is truly annoying, especially since no follow up email is sent, when editing this unfinished post. This means that someone who mainly reads their messages by mail, will only get part of a message.

Is there any way to turn off keyboard shortcuts while creating a message/topic? (On a per user basis - maybe a checkbox in `Preferences -> Interface`.)

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