diff --git a/include/acl_selectors.php b/include/acl_selectors.php
index 67d8cebde..a5f5aff53 100755
--- a/include/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/include/acl_selectors.php
@@ -113,11 +113,13 @@ function contact_selector($selname, $selclass, $preselected = false, $options) {
 		$str_nets = implode(',',$x['networks']);
 		$sql_extra .= " AND `network` IN ( $str_nets ) ";
 	}
+	
+	$tabindex = (x($options, 'tabindex') ? "tabindex=\"" . $options["tabindex"] . "\"" : "");
 
 	if($x['single'])
-		$o .= "<select name=\"$selname\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" size=\"" . $x['size'] . "\" >\r\n";
+		$o .= "<select name=\"$selname\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" size=\"" . $x['size'] . "\" $tabindex >\r\n";
 	else 
-		$o .= "<select name=\"{$selname}[]\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" multiple=\"multiple\" size=\"" . $x['size'] . "$\" >\r\n";
+		$o .= "<select name=\"{$selname}[]\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" multiple=\"multiple\" size=\"" . $x['size'] . "$\" $tabindex >\r\n";
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `url`, `network` FROM `contact` 
 		WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 AND `notify` != ''
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ function contact_selector($selname, $selclass, $preselected = false, $options) {
 
 
 
-function contact_select($selname, $selclass, $preselected = false, $size = 4, $privmail = false, $celeb = false, $privatenet = false) {
+function contact_select($selname, $selclass, $preselected = false, $size = 4, $privmail = false, $celeb = false, $privatenet = false, $tabindex = null) {
 
 	$a = get_app();
 
@@ -178,12 +180,12 @@ function contact_select($selname, $selclass, $preselected = false, $size = 4, $p
 		$sql_extra .= " AND `network` IN ( 'dfrn', 'mail', 'face', 'dspr' ) ";
 	}
 
-
+	$tabindex = ($tabindex > 0 ? "tabindex=\"$tabindex\"" : "");
 
 	if($privmail)
-		$o .= "<select name=\"$selname\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" size=\"$size\" >\r\n";
+		$o .= "<select name=\"$selname\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" size=\"$size\" $tabindex >\r\n";
 	else 
-		$o .= "<select name=\"{$selname}[]\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" multiple=\"multiple\" size=\"$size\" >\r\n";
+		$o .= "<select name=\"{$selname}[]\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" multiple=\"multiple\" size=\"$size\" $tabindex >\r\n";
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `url`, `network` FROM `contact` 
 		WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 AND `notify` != ''
diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
index 55e313776..0907abd77 100755
--- a/mod/message.php
+++ b/mod/message.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function message_content(&$a) {
 	
 		$preselect = (isset($a->argv[2])?array($a->argv[2]):false);
 	
-		$select = contact_select('messageto','message-to-select', $preselect, 4, true);
+		$select = contact_select('messageto','message-to-select', $preselect, 4, true, false, false, 10);
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('prv_message.tpl');
 		$o .= replace_macros($tpl,array(
 			'$header' => t('Send Private Message'),
diff --git a/view/msg-header.tpl b/view/msg-header.tpl
index b5c78345a..098333893 100755
--- a/view/msg-header.tpl
+++ b/view/msg-header.tpl
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ if(plaintext != 'none') {
 		setup : function(ed) {
 			ed.onInit.add(function(ed) {
 				ed.pasteAsPlainText = true;
+				var editorId = ed.editorId;
+				var textarea = $('#'+editorId);
+				if (typeof(textarea.attr('tabindex')) != "undefined") {
+					$('#'+editorId+'_ifr').attr('tabindex', textarea.attr('tabindex'));
+					textarea.attr('tabindex', null);
+				}
 			});
 		}
 	});
diff --git a/view/prv_message.tpl b/view/prv_message.tpl
index 4b904cbcd..2ce07ce6f 100755
--- a/view/prv_message.tpl
+++ b/view/prv_message.tpl
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ $parent
 $select
 
 <div id="prvmail-subject-label">$subject</div>
-<input type="text" size="64" maxlength="255" id="prvmail-subject" name="subject" value="$subjtxt" $readonly />
+<input type="text" size="64" maxlength="255" id="prvmail-subject" name="subject" value="$subjtxt" $readonly tabindex="11" />
 
 <div id="prvmail-message-label">$yourmessage</div>
-<textarea rows="8" cols="72" class="prvmail-text" id="prvmail-text" name="body" >$text</textarea>
+<textarea rows="8" cols="72" class="prvmail-text" id="prvmail-text" name="body" tabindex="12">$text</textarea>
 
 
 <div id="prvmail-submit-wrapper" >
-	<input type="submit" id="prvmail-submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
+	<input type="submit" id="prvmail-submit" name="submit" value="Submit" tabindex="13" />
 	<div id="prvmail-upload-wrapper" >
 		<div id="prvmail-upload" class="icon border camera" title="$upload" ></div>
 	</div>