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I am not sure
Authored by: panicX on Dec 04, '02 07:41:00PM

I am not entirley sure if it is a feature or a bug.
first, it is so sporadic in the Operating environment.
Sometimes a blue button (activated by pressing return) also
has a blue halo around it, while the clear glass colored one
next to it has none. Wich means you can press return or space
but never will activate that 'other' button.
In 'Tinkertool' only one of the checkmarks has the blue halo,
why not all of them so you can tab-space between em?
Perhaps its a feature not yet fully implemented.



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I am not sure
Authored by: stewby on Dec 05, '02 08:15:49AM

Check the hint again more carefully... the blue halo means that that element *has* the keyboard focus, not that it can get it. Having a halo around more than one element would be a pretty serious UI bug, since it would mean that both elements were simultaneously currently selected.

The blue halo starts at the starting element the application designer chooses, and tab will move the halo to the next element as defined in the application's GUI design. That's why sometimes the halo is around the default button and sometimes not. But as long as an application's creator knows what they are doing, this hint will work in that appilcation.



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thnx
Authored by: panicX on Dec 05, '02 09:03:14AM

Yes thnx :)
I now completely understand the feature
along with tabbing between the various elements.

tinkertool is a good example of the implementation BTW



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