> Not sure why though, is there something with the way it’s phrased that makes us think of the tab character? For me, a reason might be that I am not a native

> Not sure why though, is there something with the way it’s phrased that makes us think of the tab character? For me, a reason might be that I am not a native English speaker. The "tab" meaning of the character, key, and typewriter mechanism is quite similar in German as in English ("[der] Tabulator" as the encompassing term, and specifically "[das] Tabulatorzeichen" (the character), "[die] Tabulatortaste" (the key), and "[der] Tabulatormechanismus" (the mechanism on a typewriter)). On the other hand, the term for the GUI elements (derived from the office stationery) is quite different in German: "[der] Registerreiter" (for the GUI element that you click on to switch between tabs) and "[die] Registerkarte" (the content of a tab (tab page)). While I know all the listed meanings of the English word "tab", the meaning of the first concept is the much more "natural" one for me.