diff --git a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyModifier.java b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyModifier.java
index 4d8d9c5..0837434 100644
--- a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyModifier.java
+++ b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyModifier.java
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ class KeyModifier
       case "$": name = "€"; break;
       case "#": name = "£"; break;
       case "*": name = "°"; break;
+      case "tab": name = "\\t"; break;
       default: return k;
     }
     return KeyValue.getKeyByName(name);
diff --git a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyValue.java b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyValue.java
index 5dfd89a..7addcb2 100644
--- a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyValue.java
+++ b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyValue.java
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ class KeyValue
     addEventKey("f10", "F10", KeyEvent.KEYCODE_F10);
     addEventKey("tab", "↹", KeyEvent.KEYCODE_TAB);
 
+    addKey("\\t", "\\t", '\t', EVENT_NONE, 0); // Send the tab character
     addKey("space", " ", ' ', KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SPACE, 0);
   }
 }