Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/mapmode/DrawAction.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/mapmode/DrawAction.java	(revision 4782)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/mapmode/DrawAction.java	(revision 4785)
@@ -222,5 +222,5 @@
     void processKeyEvent(KeyEvent e) {
         if (e.getKeyCode() != KeyEvent.VK_TAB) return;
-	e.consume();
+        //e.consume(); // ticket #7250 -  TAB should work in other windows
 
         if (e.getID() == KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED) {