Re: DataBrowser checkbox keyboard access?
Re: DataBrowser checkbox keyboard access?
- Subject: Re: DataBrowser checkbox keyboard access?
- From: Eric Schlegel <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:48:46 -0700
On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Carolyn MacLeod wrote:
Is it possible to check/uncheck checkboxes in a DataBrowser using
the keyboard?
I don't know offhand. Someone else from Apple may know.
This capability seems to be missing on the Mac (I have tried all
sorts of key sequences, and done several internet and ADC searches).
Please see 2 examples from OS X System Preferences that have
checkboxes that are inaccessible using the keyboard:
1) a checkbox table at Sharing > Services
2) a checkbox tree at Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts (it is
particularly ironic that this keyboard shortcuts tree is
inaccessible <grin>)
Actually, neither of these locations uses the DataBrowser control, so
these aren't valid tests. The System Preferences app is a Cocoa app so
these cases are using an AppKit view for displaying the list, not an
HIToolbox view.
In Leopard, you _can_ check and uncheck the checkbox in these views if
you turn on full keyboard access (control-F7 by default). Once you've
done that, pressing the Tab key will let you put focus on the
checkbox, and the space key then checks or unchecks the box.
-eric
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