Button Outlining - How to Get Rid Of?

[dpaanlka]

How do I get rid of this? I always forgot what setting it is, and of course I had to go and play around in system preferences last night and enabled something, probably in the Universal Access panel but it could be anywhere.

[robbieduncan]

You have enabled "full keyboard access". To get rid of it:

Open System Preferences
Open Keyboard and Mouse
Choose the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab
Change the radio button at the bottom of the tab to "Text boxes and list only" not "All controls"

[rockstarjoe]

You have enabled "full keyboard access". To get rid of it:

Open System Preferences
Open Keyboard and Mouse
Choose the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab
Change the radio button at the bottom of the tab to "Text boxes and list only" not "All controls"

I'm very new to macs... for my education can you explain what these settings do? Would this allow me to use the keyboard to select menu buttons (like when Firefox asks whether to remember a password)? Thanks for any info.

[robbieduncan]

I'm very new to macs... for my education can you explain what these settings do? Would this allow me to use the keyboard to select menu buttons (like when Firefox asks whether to remember a password)? Thanks for any info.

Maybe. Firefox implements a lot of these controls itself, not using the system. Other apps though, yes you can tab between the controls much as you can in Windows.

[dpaanlka]

Thanks a ton.

[rockstarjoe]

Maybe. Firefox implements a lot of these controls itself, not using the system. Other apps though, yes you can tab between the controls much as you can in Windows.

Thanks! Been trying to figure that one out.

[michaelrjohnson]

Thanks for the tip. I've been wondering how to enable this!