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Did I activate some sort of tab feature by mistake?
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Posting Junkie
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Feb 17, 2004, 04:29 PM
 
Anyone know why I can suddenly tab through every interface button in every app? I never remembered being able to do this, but now I can. I'd prefer it be off, but I don't know if I turned it on by mistake, or how, or if it's just been there all the time.





     
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Feb 17, 2004, 04:55 PM
 
Did you change anything in the Universal Access preference pane? You probably hit a keystroke that activates it.
     
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Feb 17, 2004, 04:56 PM
 
If you go to System Preferences -> Mouse & Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts, you can toggle that on and off. Or you can hit Control-F7, which is probably what you did if you don't remember doing it.

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Feb 17, 2004, 04:58 PM
 
System Preferences->Keyboard and Mouse->Keyboard Shortcuts

Turn on Full keyboard access option is at the bottom of the window
     
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Feb 17, 2004, 04:59 PM
 
You, or someone like you, has "Turn[ed] on full keyboard access" in the Keyboard & Mouse pane in System Preferences. Probably had something to do with wanting to tab through links and form elements in Safari.
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Feb 17, 2004, 05:00 PM
 
It looks like you were faster than me guys
     
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Feb 17, 2004, 05:15 PM
 
edit: double-post... i'm really tired
     
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Feb 17, 2004, 05:26 PM
 
Originally posted by CharlesS:
If you go to System Preferences -> Mouse & Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts, you can toggle that on and off. Or you can hit Control-F7, which is probably what you did if you don't remember doing it.
It was control-F7. Thanks, guys. Should've looked in the preference pane. All fixed! Thanks again!
     
   
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