I have always wanted to have a letter to the editor published. Now I am fulfilled.
Month: December 2005
Work around for accessibility issue with FireFox 1.5 and OS X- tab focus
Upgrading to FireFox 1.5 was a great pleasure but for one problem. FF 1.5 dropped the user preference (accessibility.tabfocus) that enabled tab key access to form elements. Without this preference OS X users can not use the the tab key to shift the focus to check boxes, radio button, pull down menus or buttons. This really slowed me down. When I am filling out a form I like to keep my hands on the keyboard. Reaching for the mouse slows me down and frustrates me. But with the help of a few FF devotes I have learned a work around.
Create a text file named user.js in
~/Library/Application Support/FireFox/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default
Add the following line to the text user.js:
user_pref(“accessibility.tabfocus”, 7);
There are several values available for the preference:
- 1- Give focus to text fields only. (The default in OS X.)
- 2- Give focus to all form elements except text fields.
- 4- Give focus to links (and linked images) only.
Values can be combine to enable multiple behaviors
- 7 = 1 + 2 + 4 Allows the tab key to shift focus to text fields, all form elements and links
- 3 = 1 + 2 Allows the tab key to shift focus to any form element. This is my preference.
More information can be found in the mozillazine.org wiki.
Transparent Dining Room Desktop
This was a fun little Sunday evening project. Five minutes to take the shots. twenty mintues of tedious pixel work.