Sorry. Guess I had Katherine's initial question in mind. And now that I
read her question again I must admit I don't get it. I've never seen a
control in the tab order that wouldn't respond to keyboard input. And if
she clicked it to focus it in order to change the field name, then I
would think it would be obvious that she needed to click it again with
the mouse hotkey to activate it. I must be missing something here. But
that's okay.
Tom
On 5/3/2012 8:08 PM, Jim Grimsby JR. wrote:
Hi,
This answer did not get out of control. She asked the question what could
she do if she was unable to take action on a focused control. I provided
her with directions on how to deal with said instances. Please explain
where my answer to this question was in error.
Thanks.
Jim Grimsby JR.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Kingston [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 5:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: I feel like a fool for asking this, but what does Control
Insert F do?
This answer seems to have gotten a wee bit out of control.
Control-Insert-F is simply to assign or change a field name of a control. It
has no effect other than what you hear when you tab to it.
And using it again allows you to change or delete your change so that it
goes back to what it was. Generally it's used for controls without a
recognized field label, or ones that speak the wrong label. But you can use
it to change them to your liking as well.
Hth,
Tom
On 5/3/2012 7:41 PM, Jim Grimsby JR. wrote:
Generally if a focus control is not assigned to a default action with
the keyboard such as pressing enter to press a button or pressing the
space bar to check a check box you usually can click the mouse on that
button. So you tab to the control and route the mouse pointer to the
focus and click the left mouse button.
If controls are not focusable using tab the list focus controls app is
very helpful here.
If you want to find a button clickly to click on it or perform some
other task the hot spots app is usuefull here.
Hth
Jim Grimsby JR.
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*From:*Katherine Moss [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2012 4:35 PM
*To:* Jim Grimsby JR.
*Cc:* [email protected]
*Subject:* RE: I feel like a fool for asking this, but what does
Control Insert F do?
Oh nice. Well then, too bad my mentor took me off of the server he had
me on. Though it kind of didn't matter anyway, since we're moving away
from that piece of software anyhow. Now question then. Have you ever
tried to use that and once the button was labeled, you weren't able to
click it still? And if so, what was your next step.
*From:*Jim Grimsby JR. [mailto:[email protected]]
<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]>
*Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2012 7:32 PM
*To:* Katherine Moss
*Subject:* RE: I feel like a fool for asking this, but what does
Control Insert F do?
It labels a feeld.
So lets say you want your desktop to say pretty katherines desktop you
can simply issue the command type pretty katherines desktop and the
next time it gets focused window-eyes will say pretty katherines desktop.
It is really useful for edit bboxes and buttons with no static text
lables.
Hth
Jim Grimsby JR.
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*From:*Katherine Moss [mailto:[email protected]]
<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]>
*Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2012 4:19 PM
*To:* [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* I feel like a fool for asking this, but what does Control
Insert F do?
Hello,
The question is in the subject line. I know that that facility has
something to do with labeling originally unlabeled text on controls
and such, but what exactly is it? I just tried it while on the desktop
doing nothing important, and it prompted for a field name. If somebody
could let me know, I'd appreciate it.
Katherine Moss,
Administrator of the AccessCop Network, previously Raeder24.org. Visit
us on the web at http://raeder24.org<http://raeder24.org/>
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