diff --git a/examples/editor.rs b/examples/editor.rs
index 406fc7b..b8cdcd8 100644
--- a/examples/editor.rs
+++ b/examples/editor.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ impl<'a> Buffer<'a> {
             if md.is_file() {
                 let mut textarea: TextArea = io::BufReader::new(fs::File::open(&path)?)
                     .lines()
-                    .collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
-                let hard_tab = textarea.lines().iter().any(|l| l.starts_with('\t'));
-                textarea.set_hard_tab(hard_tab);
+                    .collect::<io::Result<_>>()?;
+                if textarea.lines().iter().any(|l| l.starts_with('\t')) {
+                    textarea.set_hard_tab_indent(true);
+                }
                 textarea
             } else {
                 return error!("{:?} is not a file", path);
diff --git a/src/textarea.rs b/src/textarea.rs
index d79dd08..3a7c10a 100644
--- a/src/textarea.rs
+++ b/src/textarea.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub struct TextArea<'a> {
     style: Style,
     cursor: (usize, usize), // 0-base
     tab_len: u8,
-    hard_tab: bool,
+    hard_tab_indent: bool,
     history: History,
     cursor_line_style: Style,
     line_number_style: Option<Style>,
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
             style: Style::default(),
             cursor: (0, 0),
             tab_len: 4,
-            hard_tab: false,
+            hard_tab_indent: false,
             history: History::new(50),
             cursor_line_style: Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::UNDERLINED),
             line_number_style: None,
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
         if self.tab_len == 0 {
             return false;
         }
-        let tab = if self.hard_tab {
+        let tab = if self.hard_tab_indent {
             "\t"
         } else {
             let len = self.tab_len - (self.cursor.1 % self.tab_len as usize) as u8;
@@ -1093,12 +1093,12 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
     ///
     /// let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
     ///
-    /// textarea.set_hard_tab(true);
+    /// textarea.set_hard_tab_indent(true);
     /// textarea.insert_tab();
     /// assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["\t"]);
     /// ```
-    pub fn set_hard_tab(&mut self, enabled: bool) {
-        self.hard_tab = enabled;
+    pub fn set_hard_tab_indent(&mut self, enabled: bool) {
+        self.hard_tab_indent = enabled;
     }
 
     /// Get if a hard tab is used for indent or not.
@@ -1107,12 +1107,12 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
     ///
     /// let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
     ///
-    /// assert!(!textarea.hard_tab());
-    /// textarea.set_hard_tab(true);
-    /// assert!(textarea.hard_tab());
+    /// assert!(!textarea.hard_tab_indent());
+    /// textarea.set_hard_tab_indent(true);
+    /// assert!(textarea.hard_tab_indent());
     /// ```
-    pub fn hard_tab(&self) -> bool {
-        self.hard_tab
+    pub fn hard_tab_indent(&self) -> bool {
+        self.hard_tab_indent
     }
 
     /// Get a string for indent. It consists of spaces by default. When hard tab is enabled, it is a tab character.
@@ -1124,11 +1124,11 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
     /// assert_eq!(textarea.indent(), "    ");
     /// textarea.set_tab_length(2);
     /// assert_eq!(textarea.indent(), "  ");
-    /// textarea.set_hard_tab(true);
+    /// textarea.set_hard_tab_indent(true);
     /// assert_eq!(textarea.indent(), "\t");
     /// ```
     pub fn indent(&self) -> &'static str {
-        if self.hard_tab {
+        if self.hard_tab_indent {
             "\t"
         } else {
             spaces(self.tab_len)