November 29, 2005
Black Box Testing

OK, all you Mac-heads, a bit of help please. I've managed to turn something on, and I don't know how to turn it off again. Right now, whichever control has focus is "highlighted" by a black box. Trivial, I know - especially in light of all the important stuff that I can't get working at the moment, but it's driving me mad.

I almost certainly turned it on with some clumsy miss-keystroke, but I've no idea what it might have been. I've hunted all through the System Preferences, concentrating on the Keyboard and Universal Access panels but I can't find whatever it is I've turned on. Any hints?

Posted to Mac by Simon Brunning at November 29, 2005 07:09 PM
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You know, this has happened to me, and I can't for the life of me remember what I did to switch it off. I've just looked thru prefs and I can't even see a way to switch it on. OS X is a magically world with a mind of its own sometimes...

Posted by: Chris Miles on November 30, 2005 11:59 AM

sounds like "full keyboard access" in the "mouse & keyboard" panel. maybe you hit ctrl-F7 by mistake?

Posted by: Rick Thomas on December 1, 2005 02:45 PM

I did the same thing. Have you figured out how to switch it off yet?

Posted by: Brianne on April 10, 2007 05:57 PM
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