Re: DataBrowser checkbox keyboard access?
Re: DataBrowser checkbox keyboard access?
- Subject: Re: DataBrowser checkbox keyboard access?
- From: Carolyn MacLeod <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:19:48 -0400
Thanks, Eric.
Sorry about the Carbon/Cocoa confusion
- as you can tell, I am still new at Mac development, and I am still on
Tiger. <g>
You are correct - I walked over to a
Leopard machine and tried out the Cocoa checkbox tree in System Prefs,
and I was able to tab to the checkbox and change its value with the space
key.
FYI, I then tried our Carbon app on
Leopard, and I can't tab to a DataBrowser checkbox.
So we will probably just handle the
space key ourselves.
Thanks again,
Carolyn
| From:
| Eric Schlegel <email@hidden>
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| To:
| Carolyn MacLeod/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
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| Cc:
| email@hidden
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| Date:
| 10/30/2007 12:48 PM
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| Subject:
| Re: DataBrowser checkbox keyboard access? |
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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