Hello there, @cbcavnar.

Helping you to achieve your goal is my priority and I want to route you to the support that will properly address your queries. To start, allow me to provide some information about the tab key issues.

Currently, the investigation for having a problem using the Tab function in any transactions is still ongoing. In the meantime, you'll have to manually click the fields using the mouse. Then, when you encounter the issue on line one, you can click on one of the fields before the first category line and press the tab until the first line. This way, the line will no longer compress.

I also recommend reaching out to our Customer Care team to link your account to the investigation. Once done, you'll be able to receive updates about the issue via email. Please see the screenshot below to contact our support team: 

For assisting you in performing your future QuickBooks tasks, you can visit our QuickBooks Help page to look for sources and references. You also have the option to bookmark them for easy access.

In case you have any other QuickBooks concerns, feel free to leave a reply below. I'm always around in the Community to help you. Have a good one.