4.2 Final popup-button behaviour

[Jake Robb]

I'm confused.

Is this in reference to the popup menus created by the HTML <SELECT> tag?
If so, this isn't working for me in either 4.2 final or 4.5sp7 -- I can't
tab to popup menus at all in either one.  I've gone through all of the
preferences to see if I can enable that functionality (as you can in IE5.2),
and found nothing.

On that note, form navigation is something I've always found lacking in OW
(and in all Mac browsers I can recall, actually).

In IE6, when filling out the ubiquitous Address form, I can tab from field
to field (as I can in OW and IE5.2).  The difference arises when I get to
the State dropdown box.  On the PC, when the dropdown is selected, I can hit
"M" five times, and it selects Michigan for me (Michigan is alphabetically
the fifth state that starts with M).

In IE5.2, the first M keystroke takes me to Maine (the first M
alphabetically), but subsequent M's have no effect.

And if this isn't in reference to <SELECT> popups, then what?

-Jake



Scott M wrote:

> 
> Lachlan,
> 
> 
> Press the space bar to open the menu first.  Have a look at the
> Keyboard Shortcuts file under the Help menu, too.  Even I learned a
> thing or two when compiling that list :-)
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> Scott
> Support Engineer
> The Omni Group
> 
> 
> On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 05:14  PM, Lachlan Deck wrote:
> 
>> Hi Scott, and all,
>> 
>> I've just recently updated from 4.2 beta 2 to 4.2 Final and I've
>> noticed that the popup-buttons which used to act like a menu when
>> using the keyboard - allowing you to see all the choices at once
>> (which was great), now act like IE where it simply shows one choice at
>> a time - the current choice. So you've got no idea what other choices
>> there are quickly without using the mouse.
>> 
>> Is there a defaults write to revert this behaviour?
>> Or is there some way you could reintroduce this behaviour for those of
>> us still on Mac OS X 10.1.5?
>> 
>> Thanks...
>> 
>> with regards,
>> 
>> --
>> Lachlan Deck
>> ldeck at tpg.com.au
> 
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