Re: gray frame around screen; odd key behavior

[Claire Hart]

Has anyone noticed a gray frame that sometimes appears peripherally
around the screen=3F  It's translucent gray border about a half inch 
wide
and either on all four edges or on the sides and top.  (It's gone 
right

now, so I don't exactly remember if it's at the bottom, where my dock
happens to be right now.)   I wonder if it's a prompt of some kind.  I
haven't yet seen that pattern of strokes or conditions that causes it
to appear or go away.


It sounds like Expos=E9 in action. Do you get the same thing when you
press F11=3F You could check your Expos=E9 pref pane to see what the
keyboard shortcuts are set to.

TimH


Yes, that was it.  I didn't know what it meant.  Thanks, Tim.

Claire


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Re: gray frame around screen; odd key behavior

[Tim Hodgson]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 4:36 am -0500, Claire Hart wrote:

>Has anyone noticed a gray frame that sometimes appears peripherally
>around the screen?  It's translucent gray border about a half inch wide
>and either on all four edges or on the sides and top.  (It's gone right
>now, so I don't exactly remember if it's at the bottom, where my dock
>happens to be right now.)   I wonder if it's a prompt of some kind.  I
>haven't yet seen that pattern of strokes or conditions that causes it
>to appear or go away.

It sounds like Exposé in action. Do you get the same thing when you
press F11? You could check your Exposé pref pane to see what the
keyboard shortcuts are set to.

TimH



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gray frame around screen; odd key behavior

[Claire Hart]

Has anyone noticed a gray frame that sometimes appears peripherally 
around the screen?  It's translucent gray border about a half inch wide 
and either on all four edges or on the sides and top.  (It's gone right 
now, so I don't exactly remember if it's at the bottom, where my dock 
happens to be right now.)   I wonder if it's a prompt of some kind.  I 
haven't yet seen that pattern of strokes or conditions that causes it 
to appear or go away.


Also, I have inadvertently changed a preference of some sort.  When I 
strike any of the lower corner keys once (such as shift, fn, ctrl, 
option, and control), it makes manual typewriter noise, as if you are 
locking in the "shift" key, and causes that key's symbol to appear on 
the screen.  When I hit it a second time, it makes another manual 
typewriter noise, and causes that key's symbol to be a bolder white.  A 
third strike causes it to disappear.  Also, the strike of any other key 
causes it to disappear as well.  I can't find any info on this.  It is 
not num lock.


These two are not related, as the frame shows up very occasionally, and 
the clicky key thing just started about thirty minutes ago and is 
driving me crazy.


Help (as usual),
Claire


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