diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextField.j b/AppKit/CPTextField.j
index 0762c791d..15b12f937 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTextField.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextField.j
@@ -674,15 +674,15 @@ CPTextFieldStatePlaceholder = CPThemeState("placeholder");
 {
     if ([anEvent _couldBeKeyEquivalent] && [self performKeyEquivalent:anEvent])
         return;
-    
-    // CPTextField uses an HTML input element to take the input so we need to 
+
+    // CPTextField uses an HTML input element to take the input so we need to
     // propagate the dom event so the element is updated. This has to be done
     // before interpretKeyEvents: though so individual commands have a chance
-    // to override this (tab to go to the next keyView and such).
+    // to override this (escape to clear the text in a search field for example).
     [[[self window] platformWindow] _propagateCurrentDOMEvent:YES];
-    
+
     [self interpretKeyEvents:[anEvent]];
-    
+
     [[CPRunLoop currentRunLoop] limitDateForMode:CPDefaultRunLoopMode];
 }
 
@@ -711,14 +711,14 @@ CPTextFieldStatePlaceholder = CPThemeState("placeholder");
 
     [self sendAction:[self action] to:[self target]];
     [self selectText:nil];
-    
+
     [[[self window] platformWindow] _propagateCurrentDOMEvent:NO];
 }
 
 - (void)insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:(id)sender
 {
     var oldValue = [self stringValue];
-    
+
     [self _inputElement].value += CPNewlineCharacter;
     [self _setStringValue:[self _inputElement].value];
 
@@ -734,35 +734,10 @@ CPTextFieldStatePlaceholder = CPThemeState("placeholder");
     }
 }
 
-- (void)selectNextKeyView:(id)sender
-{
-    [[self window] selectNextKeyView:self];
-    
-    if ([[[self window] firstResponder] respondsToSelector:@selector(selectText:)])
-        [[[self window] firstResponder] selectText:self];
-    
-    [[[self window] platformWindow] _propagateCurrentDOMEvent:NO];
-}
-
-- (void)selectPreviousKeyView:(id)sender
-{
-    [[self window] selectPreviousKeyView:self];
-    
-    if ([[[self window] firstResponder] respondsToSelector:@selector(selectText:)])
-        [[[self window] firstResponder] selectText:self];
-    
-    [[[self window] platformWindow] _propagateCurrentDOMEvent:NO];
-}
-
-- (void)insertTab:(id)sender
-{
-    [self selectNextKeyView:sender];
-}
-
 - (void)insertTabIgnoringFieldEditor:(id)sender
 {
     var oldValue = [self stringValue];
-    
+
     [self _inputElement].value += CPTabCharacter;
     [self _setStringValue:[self _inputElement].value];
 
@@ -778,11 +753,6 @@ CPTextFieldStatePlaceholder = CPThemeState("placeholder");
     }
 }
 
-- (void)insertBacktab:(id)sender
-{
-    [self selectPreviousKeyView:sender];
-}
-
 - (void)textDidBlur:(CPNotification)note
 {
     // this looks to prevent false propagation of notifications for other objects