Comments on: Mac OS X’s Preview: Lack of visual clues regarding window/drawer focus http://www.betalogue.com/2004/06/26/mac-os-xs-preview-lack-of-visual-clues-regarding-windowdrawer-focus/ Notes from an unfinished world… Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:49:25 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pierre Igot http://www.betalogue.com/2004/06/26/mac-os-xs-preview-lack-of-visual-clues-regarding-windowdrawer-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-1445 Pierre Igot Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1157#comment-1445 I'm using the same version. The color only changes to grey if the drawer contains a table of contents (not thumbnails) and if you click somewhere on the page itself in the main window area (not in the empty padding around the page). When I select an item in the TOC, the Page Up/Page Down keys cease to work, and the Up/Down cursor keys actually go up/down the TOC. So the problem is actually only with PDF files with a TOC. My mistake. I’m using the same version. The color only changes to grey if the drawer contains a table of contents (not thumbnails) and if you click somewhere on the page itself in the main window area (not in the empty padding around the page).

When I select an item in the TOC, the Page Up/Page Down keys cease to work, and the Up/Down cursor keys actually go up/down the TOC.

So the problem is actually only with PDF files with a TOC. My mistake.

]]> By: MacDesigner http://www.betalogue.com/2004/06/26/mac-os-xs-preview-lack-of-visual-clues-regarding-windowdrawer-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-1448 MacDesigner Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1157#comment-1448 Which version of Preview are you using. The version I have is Preview 2.1.0 (v211), and the keyboard arrows only scroll through a document for me. The highlight color in the Drawer is always the dark system color I use for selections, it never changes to gray. When the viewing window is open to the full size of the document's page the arrow keys work to scroll through the pages and the highlight moves as the pages change. Also if I zoom and the page is larger than the viewing window the arrow keys scroll to the end of the page then it jumps to the next page. Again the selection in the drawer changes to indicate it has jump pages. Even if I select a page manually using the mouse, the arrow keys will scroll through the page or jump to the next page depending on the situation. At no point do the arrows act differently. While I don't use it that often for viewing PDFs I checked using a 72 page PDF manual for my router. I checked my preferences and there is nothing there to indicate a different behavior. I don't have any PDFs with TOC, so I can't check if it behaves differently for those. Which version of Preview are you using. The version I have is Preview 2.1.0 (v211), and the keyboard arrows only scroll through a document for me. The highlight color in the Drawer is always the dark system color I use for selections, it never changes to gray. When the viewing window is open to the full size of the document’s page the arrow keys work to scroll through the pages and the highlight moves as the pages change. Also if I zoom and the page is larger than the viewing window the arrow keys scroll to the end of the page then it jumps to the next page. Again the selection in the drawer changes to indicate it has jump pages. Even if I select a page manually using the mouse, the arrow keys will scroll through the page or jump to the next page depending on the situation. At no point do the arrows act differently. While I don’t use it that often for viewing PDFs I checked using a 72 page PDF manual for my router.

I checked my preferences and there is nothing there to indicate a different behavior. I don’t have any PDFs with TOC, so I can’t check if it behaves differently for those.

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