Convert document tabs into literal tab characters

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/document-to-html.js b/lib/document-to-html.js
index 5c4db50..b34f951 100644
--- a/lib/document-to-html.js
+++ b/lib/document-to-html.js
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ function DocumentConverter(options) {
             html.text(element.value);
             callback();
         },
+        "tab": function(element, html, messages, callback) {
+            html.text("\t");
+            callback();
+        },
         "hyperlink": function(element, html, messages, callback) {
             html.open(htmlPaths.element("a", {href: element.href}));
             convertElements(element.children, html, messages, function(err) {
diff --git a/lib/documents.js b/lib/documents.js
index 5f64059..4dfbe74 100644
--- a/lib/documents.js
+++ b/lib/documents.js
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ function Text(value) {
     };
 }
 
+function Tab(value) {
+    return {
+        type: "tab"
+    };
+}
+
 function Hyperlink(children, options) {
     return {
         type: "hyperlink",
@@ -64,5 +70,6 @@ exports.Document = Document;
 exports.Paragraph = Paragraph;
 exports.Run = Run;
 exports.Text = Text;
+exports.Tab = Tab;
 exports.Hyperlink = Hyperlink;
 exports.Image = Image;
diff --git a/tests/document-to-html.tests.js b/tests/document-to-html.tests.js
index fd6ef1a..51e1a73 100644
--- a/tests/document-to-html.tests.js
+++ b/tests/document-to-html.tests.js
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ describe('DocumentConverter', function() {
         });
     });
     
+    test('docx tab is converted to tab in HTML', function() {
+        var tab = new documents.Tab();
+        var converter = new DocumentConverter();
+        return converter.convertToHtml(tab).then(function(result) {
+            assert.equal(result.value, "\t");
+        });
+    });
+    
     test('images are written with data URIs', function() {
         var imageBuffer = new Buffer("Not an image at all!");
         var image = new documents.Image({