Comments on: iTunes 7.1: Finally supports Full Keyboard Access http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/ Notes from an unfinished world… Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pierre Igot http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/comment-page-1/#comment-6866 Pierre Igot Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:28:25 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/#comment-6866 Interesting. It looks like it might be intentional, because if you continue to tab back, it does take you back to the Info tab, but only after taking you back through the other bottom buttons. So maybe the idea is that the tab between the "Info" tab and the "Cancel" button is actually a tab between the tab bar and the bottom row of buttons, rather than to a specific button in that row. The default one is Cancel, but once you are there, it takes you through the other buttons before going back up to the tab bar. So it looks like there is some kind of hierarchy in the tab order. Anyway, you might want to submit this as a bug report and see what they say about it. Interesting. It looks like it might be intentional, because if you continue to tab back, it does take you back to the Info tab, but only after taking you back through the other bottom buttons. So maybe the idea is that the tab between the “Info” tab and the “Cancel” button is actually a tab between the tab bar and the bottom row of buttons, rather than to a specific button in that row. The default one is Cancel, but once you are there, it takes you through the other buttons before going back up to the tab bar. So it looks like there is some kind of hierarchy in the tab order.

Anyway, you might want to submit this as a bug report and see what they say about it.

]]> By: Richard Pollock http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/comment-page-1/#comment-6865 Richard Pollock Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:08:44 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/#comment-6865 They still haven't got it quite right, though. Try tabbing, for example, to the Cancel button on the Info tab. Now press tab twice to tab through the tab bar and get to the "Name" text field. And now shift-tab to go back to the tab bar at the top... Oh no, that takes you back to the Cancel button. Ah well, to be fair, it is only a very minor complaint – 9/10 overall for FKA. They still haven’t got it quite right, though. Try tabbing, for example, to the Cancel button on the Info tab. Now press tab twice to tab through the tab bar and get to the “Name” text field. And now shift-tab to go back to the tab bar at the top… Oh no, that takes you back to the Cancel button. Ah well, to be fair, it is only a very minor complaint – 9/10 overall for FKA.

]]> By: Pierre Igot http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/comment-page-1/#comment-6814 Pierre Igot Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:10:41 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/#comment-6814 Martin: Very useful tip. Thanks a lot! Martin: Very useful tip. Thanks a lot!

]]> By: Martin http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/comment-page-1/#comment-6813 Martin Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:03:12 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/#comment-6813 You can use option-Tab to tab through just the text fields, skipping the check boxes. You can use option-Tab to tab through just the text fields, skipping the check boxes.

]]> By: Pierre Igot http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/comment-page-1/#comment-6812 Pierre Igot Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:08:34 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/#comment-6812 Actually, most of the applications that I use now provide FKA support. Microsoft and Adobe applications are the big exceptions, of course, but most of the Apple applications that I use work fine with FKA. iTunes was <em>the</em> big sore point. (There is still the Finder, of course, but thankfully there are few dialog boxes in that particular application. You still can browse the Finder's preference panes with the keyboard, though.) Actually, most of the applications that I use now provide FKA support. Microsoft and Adobe applications are the big exceptions, of course, but most of the Apple applications that I use work fine with FKA. iTunes was the big sore point. (There is still the Finder, of course, but thankfully there are few dialog boxes in that particular application. You still can browse the Finder’s preference panes with the keyboard, though.)

]]> By: Paul Ingraham http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/comment-page-1/#comment-6810 Paul Ingraham Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:18:47 +0000 http://www.betalogue.com/2007/03/15/itunes-71-finally-supports-full-keyboard-access/#comment-6810 That's some good news in the "About #@!!& Time" category. I imagine a few other significant Apple apps are still awaiting the same functionality. But I sure wouldn't know, because I gave up trying to use the keyboard for everything long ago: it's just not worth it, support is so spotty. Thanks for the report, though, it's good to know that it's slowly changing. That’s some good news in the “About #@!!& Time” category. I imagine a few other significant Apple apps are still awaiting the same functionality. But I sure wouldn’t know, because I gave up trying to use the keyboard for everything long ago: it’s just not worth it, support is so spotty. Thanks for the report, though, it’s good to know that it’s slowly changing.

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