diff --git a/forms/TextareaField.php b/forms/TextareaField.php
index 53f5244c0..5fced5336 100755
--- a/forms/TextareaField.php
+++ b/forms/TextareaField.php
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ class TextareaField extends FormField {
 		if($this->readonly) {
 			$attributes = array(
 				'id' => $this->id(),
-				'class' => 'readonly' . (trim($this->extraClass()) ? (' ' . trim($this->extraClass())) : ''),
+				'class' => 'readonly' . (trim($this->extraClass()) ? (' ' . $this->extraClass()) : ''),
 				'name' => $this->name,
+				'tabindex' => $this->getTabIndex(),
 				'readonly' => 'readonly'
 			);
 			
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class TextareaField extends FormField {
 		} else {
 			$attributes = array(
 				'id' => $this->id(),
-				'class' => (trim($this->extraClass()) ? trim($this->extraClass()) : ''),
+				'class' => (trim($this->extraClass()) ? $this->extraClass() : ''),
 				'name' => $this->name,
 				'rows' => $this->rows,
 				'cols' => $this->cols