Convert tabs

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mammoth/conversion.py b/mammoth/conversion.py
index 9b57273..72867c5 100644
--- a/mammoth/conversion.py
+++ b/mammoth/conversion.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class DocumentConverter(object):
             documents.Run: self._convert_run,
             documents.Text: self._convert_text,
             documents.Hyperlink: self._convert_hyperlink,
+            documents.Tab: self._convert_tab,
         }
 
 
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ class DocumentConverter(object):
         html_generator.start("a", {"href": hyperlink.href})
         self._convert_elements_to_html(hyperlink.children, html_generator)
         html_generator.end()
+    
+    
+    def _convert_tab(self, tab, html_generator):
+        html_generator.text("\t")
 
 
     def _convert_elements_to_html(self, elements, html_generator):
diff --git a/tests/conversion_tests.py b/tests/conversion_tests.py
index c4dc719..7dc8b06 100644
--- a/tests/conversion_tests.py
+++ b/tests/conversion_tests.py
@@ -107,7 +107,13 @@ def docx_hyperlink_is_converted_to_anchor_tag():
         documents.hyperlink(href="http://example.com", children=[documents.Text("Hello")]),
     )
     assert_equal('<a href="http://example.com">Hello</a>', result.value)
-    
+
+
+@istest
+def docx_tab_is_converted_to_tab_in_html():
+    result = convert_document_element_to_html(documents.tab())
+    assert_equal('\t', result.value)
+
 
 def _run_with_text(text):
     return documents.run(children=[documents.text(text)])