[salparadise]

All of a sudden I have these horrid black frames round whatever icon/field/button has the focus.
I don't remember this being on yesterday, it's appeared without my asking for it. How do I turn it off?

Many thanks.

[Simon]

Sounds like you activated Universal Access by accident. Check the system prefs to turn it off.

[salparadise]

Ok.
I turned on the seeing part so I could magnify a flash player window. I turned this off again after using it. There doesn't seem to be anything that refers to hi-lighting by using black frames or an On/Off thingy.
I must be missing something?

[salparadise]

Ah, found it.
For some reason the black frames are controlled by the "voice over" function.

Many thanks.

[roller]

Originally Posted by salparadise 

Ah, found it.
For some reason the black frames are controlled by the "voice over" function.

Many thanks.

Yea... doesn't make any sense, does it? It happens occasionally on the computers in my lab and I always have to figure out where it is hiding.

[Chuckit]

If you want to stop it from getting turned on by accident, you can disable the VoiceOver keyboard shortcut in the Keyboard & Mouse preferences. (It's command-F5 by default.)