Bug Autocomplete: Please apply simple select2 change to make the tab key behave like the enter key

[Steffen]

Users expect the tab key to select the suggestion (i.e. behave like the enter key) instead of closing the autocompleter (i.e. behaving like the escape key). I think a few years ago this would maybe have been a feature suggestion but nowadays I think this is a bug because XenForo's current behaviour confuses users of apps like Discord or Slack.

The fix is very simple and was merged into select2 about one year ago: Changed tab key press to behave the same as enter key and select the highlighted option by joepetrakovich · Pull Request #5759 · select2/select2

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