diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/TableViewerUtils.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/TableViewerUtils.java
index 7425c634f14f0a4f70f033fa1e6877a45779772e..460c749bada0fd5120bb003349da9f648582758a 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/TableViewerUtils.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/TableViewerUtils.java
@@ -19,11 +19,16 @@ import org.eclipse.jface.layout.TableColumnLayout;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.CellEditor;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ColumnLabelProvider;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ColumnViewer;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ColumnViewerEditor;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ColumnViewerEditorActivationStrategy;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ColumnWeightData;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.EditingSupport;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.FocusCellOwnerDrawHighlighter;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ICellEditorValidator;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewer;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewerColumn;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewerEditor;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewerFocusCellManager;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TextCellEditor;
 import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
@@ -240,4 +245,19 @@ public class TableViewerUtils {
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/** Allows to move between the columns of the table by pressing TAB. */
+	public static void allowTabing(TableViewer table) {
+		TableViewerFocusCellManager focusCellManager =
+				new TableViewerFocusCellManager(table, new FocusCellOwnerDrawHighlighter(table));
+
+		ColumnViewerEditorActivationStrategy activationSupport =
+				new ColumnViewerEditorActivationStrategy(table);
+
+		TableViewerEditor.create(table, focusCellManager, activationSupport,
+				ColumnViewerEditor.TABBING_HORIZONTAL |
+						ColumnViewerEditor.TABBING_MOVE_TO_ROW_NEIGHBOR |
+						ColumnViewerEditor.TABBING_VERTICAL |
+						ColumnViewerEditor.KEYBOARD_ACTIVATION);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/TreeViewerUtils.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/TreeViewerUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d8ade5a6b5dc70c09a416eccf1a8d5a7dcfa4749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/TreeViewerUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Copyright 2011 fortiss GmbH                                              |
+|                                                                          |
+| Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          |
+| you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         |
+| You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  |
+|                                                                          |
+|    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            |
+|                                                                          |
+| Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      |
+| distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        |
+| WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
+| See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
+| limitations under the License.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.utils;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ColumnViewerEditor;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ColumnViewerEditorActivationStrategy;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.FocusCellOwnerDrawHighlighter;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewer;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewerEditor;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewerFocusCellManager;
+
+/**
+ * Utility methods for JFace {@link TreeViewer}s.
+ * 
+ * @author ponce
+ */
+public class TreeViewerUtils {
+	/**
+	 * Allows to move between the columns of the table by pressing TAB.
+	 * 
+	 * @param tree
+	 */
+	public static void allowTabing(TreeViewer tree) {
+		TreeViewerFocusCellManager focusCellManager =
+				new TreeViewerFocusCellManager(tree, new FocusCellOwnerDrawHighlighter(tree));
+
+		ColumnViewerEditorActivationStrategy activationSupport =
+				new ColumnViewerEditorActivationStrategy(tree);
+
+		TreeViewerEditor.create(tree, focusCellManager, activationSupport,
+				ColumnViewerEditor.TABBING_HORIZONTAL |
+						ColumnViewerEditor.TABBING_MOVE_TO_ROW_NEIGHBOR |
+						ColumnViewerEditor.TABBING_VERTICAL |
+						ColumnViewerEditor.KEYBOARD_ACTIVATION);
+	}
+}