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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: "Blue Halo" around lock in Sys Prefs / Time Machine
Date: 9 Feb 2014 02:32:24 GMT
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On 2014-02-08, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.02.08, 16:03 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2014-02-08, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there any significance to the blue halo around the lock in sys prefs
>>> (see link).  Only seems to show on TM in SysPrefs.
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/x5fr36ampt3vjak/Screen%20Shot%202014-02-08%20at%2012.31.05.jpg
>>> )
>>>
>>> or http://tinyurl.com/on3tmjk
>>
>> It just means that the lock icon is the current selection, just as when
>> the highlight is around a text field or button, that means that item is
>> the current selection. Keys you press on the keyboard effect the
>> currently selected item. If you press the Space key on the keyboard,
>> you'll activate the currently selected button or icon.
>
> Doh!  Never noticed it on the lock icon before and it always seems to 
> come up on the TM in sysprefs (first option I guess).

If you set System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Full Keyboard
Access to "Text boxes and lists only", it won't happen, but then you
lose that functionality. 

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