Full Keyboard Access in Safari 1.2
Update: This entry has also been posted at Mac OS X Hints.
Safari 1.2 finally adds support for full keyboard navigation, which allows to Option-Tab (by default) between links and tab between all form elements. You might notice, however, that unless you have "Full keyboard access" turned on, the latter of the two doesn’t work as expected.
To enable tab navigation of all form elements in Safari 1.2, you’ll need to open System Preferences and click on the Keyboard & Mouse icon. Then, in the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, check the "Full keyboard access" checkbox. After doing this, you’ll be able to use your keyboard to truly navigate all form fields (which includes checkboxes, menus, et al).
You should note, however, that turning this option on enables keyboard access system-wide, which might be something you’re not used to. Full keyboard access will allow you to tab between OS X interface objects (like buttons and such), and might alter your behaviour slightly.
It might be nice if in the future Safari had the keyboard access feature on its own without having to enable it system-wide, but in the meantime it’s still a great feature.
Posted 4 years, 9 months ago on 4th February 2004.
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Comments
Support for the <label> tag would be good too. It’s a useful feature to check a box by clicking it’s label.
Phil · 4 years, 9 months ago
I agree on both. It would be nice if there was a central list of all the changes made to Safari (a changelog, you might say) that was available in the ADC.
If there is, I cannot find it. Anyone else?
Surfin' Safari, the developer’s weblog:
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/
Marc · 4 years, 9 months ago
Right... I was just hoping there was a changelog somewhere. Oh well.
Surfin' Safari, the developer’s weblog:
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/
Marc · 4 years, 9 months ago
I think he’s trying to say:
Surfin' Safari, the developer’s weblog:
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/
:D
Yeah, but this isn’t anywhere near the actual goal, which is supporting the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines. Obey UAAG!
Cheers for the link Joe. I’d hadn’t come across those guidelines before. I hope Dave Hyatt can meet the checkpoints - it’d be a definite coup for Apple if they could make the first compliant web browser, sorry, user agent ;-)
Version 1.1 introduced support for the CSS text-shadow property. It would be interesting to find out if 1.2 has support for any more.
Matt · www · 4 years, 9 months ago