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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Paul Swanson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 03/08/2009 17:47<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte discussion list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] How to disable the Tab key as the "Accessablility" key?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Patrick, your email did make it. I just wasn't clear on what I should do. I am having success with iconID.tabEnabled=false to get rid of the yellow border around text and graphics on individual icons (I'll leave interactions alone). So thanks for that! I was hoping there was something global I could do ...<BR><BR>Dave, _global._focusrect = false; looked promising, but not having any luck getting that to work (I also tried rootIcon._focusrect). Too bad, it's that focus rectangle that I really want to get rid of. Or just change the color. Maybe I'll post something to the AWARE/eLearning listserv. Maybe Jason Merrill will know; he seems to be very Flash savvy.<BR><BR>Thanks for all the help!<BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [<A href="mailto:xerte-">mailto:xerte-</A><BR>> bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley<BR>> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 8:56 AM<BR>> To: Xerte discussion list<BR>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] How to disable the Tab key as the "Accessablility"<BR>> key?<BR>><BR>> Did my email not make it?<BR>><BR>> As far as I am aware the yellow border is not a xerte thing, it's a<BR>> flash thing.<BR>><BR>> There is a xerte keyword property selectable, but there is nothing in<BR>> the help on what it does and it's not given any obvious specific<BR>> functionality in the code other than the syntax highlighting.<BR>><BR>> I tried setting it to false, and also setting tabEnabled to false, but<BR>> that only works on text areas.<BR>><BR>> textareanode.tabEnabled=false is as far as I know with this<BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [<A href="mailto:xerte-">mailto:xerte-</A><BR>> bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Paul Swanson<BR>> Sent: 03 August 2009 16:31<BR>> To: Xerte discussion list<BR>> Subject: RE: [Xerte] How to disable the Tab key as the "Accessablility"<BR>> key?<BR>><BR>> Hi Alistair,<BR>><BR>> Thanks for those comments. I agree that accessibility is important and<BR>> needs to be maintained. I don't think it would be an issue for this<BR>> course (a tutorial on using one of our software programs), however,<BR>> because the interaction that I have on these pages is an onKeyDown<BR>> event which works for the Tab key as well as any other key. I have been<BR>> placing "Press any key to continue" text on the screen, but was asked<BR>> to change that to "Press the Tab key to continue" to reinforce to our<BR>> customers that using the Tab key is more efficient than using the<BR>> mouse, and ensures that no required fields are missed. However,<BR>> pressing the Tab key also places a yellow border around images and<BR>> text. It's the border that I would actually like to get rid of. So I<BR>> guess I should have used a subject line of "How can I change the color<BR>> of the accessibility highlight border?" Changing it to the same color<BR>> as my background will accomplish what I want.<BR>><BR>> There doesn't seem to be a property I can set in the Xerte interface<BR>> panels, but I figure there is some property I could set in my setup<BR>> script. rootIcon.accessibilityBorderColour = 0xD4E1EE or something like<BR>> that would do fine. I just need to know what the property is. Does<BR>> anyone know?<BR>><BR>> Thanks!<BR>><BR>><BR>> _____________________________<BR>> Paul Swanson<BR>> Instructional Designer<BR>> Harland Financial Solutions<BR>> Paul.Swanson@harlandfs.com<BR>> _____________________________<BR>><BR>><BR>> > -----Original Message-----<BR>> > From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [<A href="mailto:xerte-">mailto:xerte-</A><BR>> > bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught<BR>> > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 2:23 PM<BR>> > To: Xerte discussion list<BR>> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] How to disable the Tab key as the<BR>> "Accessablility"<BR>> > key?<BR>> ><BR>> > Hi Paul<BR>> > If you reassign the accessibility key I'd suggest you take care to be<BR>> careful to let users know the alternative key that's assigned in its<BR>> place.<BR>> Xerte is getting widely known and one of the reasons it's taking off in<BR>> education is the high level of accessibility. If a non-mouse user was<BR>> to come across a Xerte based resource where keyboard access had been<BR>> knowingly removed they might be minded to invoke DDA legislation<BR>> against the service provider. By all means enjoy tweaking, adapting and<BR>> providing alternative clever ways of delivering accessibility but<BR>> reduce it at your peril.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Alistair McNaught<BR>> Senior Advisor for Further Education<BR>> JISC TechDis service<BR>> The Higher Education Academy Building<BR>> Innovation Way<BR>> York Science Park<BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Xerte mailing list<BR>> Xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR>> <A href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte</A><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Xerte mailing list<BR>> Xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR>> <A href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte</A><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Xerte mailing list<BR>Xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><A href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>