From 9cf023a0c62bd51e903f9af217140cfad68333d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:32:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] #19739: Include tab character as CSV delimiter choice

---
 netbox/netbox/constants.py   |  1 +
 netbox/netbox/preferences.py | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/constants.py b/netbox/netbox/constants.py
index aeeeae90e..7a8d54ca8 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/constants.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/constants.py
@@ -66,4 +66,5 @@ CSV_DELIMITERS = {
     'comma': ',',
     'semicolon': ';',
     'pipe': '|',
+    'tab': '\t',
 }
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/preferences.py b/netbox/netbox/preferences.py
index b537679b3..f69d2abc7 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/preferences.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/preferences.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
+from netbox.constants import CSV_DELIMITERS
 from netbox.registry import registry
 from users.preferences import UserPreference
 from utilities.paginator import EnhancedPaginator
@@ -12,6 +13,16 @@ def get_page_lengths():
     ]
 
 
+def get_csv_delimiters():
+    choices = []
+    for k, v in CSV_DELIMITERS.items():
+        label = _(k.title())
+        if v.strip():
+            label = f'{label} ({v})'
+        choices.append((k, label))
+    return choices
+
+
 PREFERENCES = {
 
     # User interface
@@ -74,11 +85,7 @@ PREFERENCES = {
     ),
     'csv_delimiter': UserPreference(
         label=_('CSV delimiter'),
-        choices=(
-            ('comma', 'Comma (,)'),
-            ('semicolon', 'Semicolon (;)'),
-            ('pipe', 'Pipe (|)'),
-        ),
+        choices=get_csv_delimiters(),
         default='comma',
         description=_('The character used to separate fields in CSV data')
     ),