On Sep 3, 2015, at 9:06 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Sep 3, 2015, at 21:45, Lee Ann Rucker <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> It’s not a normal textfield; when focused it grabs all keystrokes including 
>> cmd-F7 which ought to do “lock focus” in the AX inspector but instead is set 
>> as the item’s key equivalent.
>> 
>> The textfield has a button that lets you clear it (since of course typing 
>> backspace in that field just sets the shortcut to backspace); that’s the 
>> only part of it I can get to show up in the inspector. Its parent is the 
>> AXScrollArea that contains all the Menu Item stuff.
> 
> I wonder if there's any way at all to trick VO into going there? I'm really 
> thinking this untitled window that appears for a few seconds is tied to the 
> process somehow, but I'm not sure how to make it stay open long enough for me 
> to do anything. I want to simulate a click in it, then type my keystroke, but 
> there's just no time. Visually, does this text field do anything at all after 
> a few seconds, or is it just always there?

Visually, it doesn't do anything special.  It looks like a text field.  One 
special behavior is that, once you hit a key, focus is automatically moved to 
the next focusable view.  That's probably so you don't accidentally change the 
key equivalent you just assigned by typing another keystroke meant for 
something else.  And maybe so you don't get trapped there if you're only using 
keyboard and no pointing device.

Speaking of tabbing to controls, you can get to the Key Equivalent field by 
tabbing from the previous field.  For a menu item, put focus in the Title field 
and then Tab.  Focus will be in the Key Equivalent field and you can type a 
keystroke to set it.  For a button, the previous field is the Sound field.  Etc.

Clearing the key equivalent just via keyboard doesn't seem possible, 
unfortunately.

Regards,
Ken


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