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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You cannot change the colour. I spent too much time trying to workaround
this so we could make the colour sympathetic to different interfaces (i.e. what
if your background is also yellow?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It cannot be done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
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xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Swanson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 04, 2009 6:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] How to disable the Tab key as the
"Accessablility" key?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve
been doing a lot of searching and experimenting, but so far, all I’ve been able
to come up with is disabling _focusrect. Apparently, you can’t change the color
of _focusrect (at least, not globally) in AS2. AS3 does provides a way to do
so.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve
also tried to disable _<i>focusrect, but enable it for buttons (I tried </i>Button<i>.</i>_focusrect
= true; and Button.Prototype._focusrect = true;), but that doesn’t do anything.
You can tab and activate a button with the space bar, but you never know what
button has focus. The default framework interface buttons don’t seem to respond
to the keyboard when _focusrect is false. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’m
using the button.swf component for my buttons, so, just for grins, I tried
_level1.Button.Prototype<i>.</i>_focusrect = true (with and without the keyword
Prototype), but still don’t get the focus rectangle around buttons. So it looks
like it’s either always on or always off. I think I will go through and add
onKeyDown events for all my ‘Next’ buttons. That would provide keyboard
navigation without guessing where the focus is. I don’t display the Next
buttons until it’s time to move to the next page anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks
for the suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick
Lockley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 03, 2009 2:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] How to disable the Tab key as the
"Accessablility" key?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>global.setstyle
might allow you to change colour as an alternative</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Paul Swanson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Mon 03/08/2009 22:04<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] How to disable the Tab key as the
"Accessablility" key?</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This
works:</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>_level0._focusrect
= false;</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Strange
how there sometimes is a lengthy time-delay between messages. My “I got it”
message arrived in my inbox 10 minutes before the message below, which was sent
45 minutes earlier. Must of taken the long way around the earth …</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick
Lockley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 03, 2009 1:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] How to disable the Tab key as the
"Accessablility" key?</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Apparently
there might be something in global.setStyle?</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
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?</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>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>
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