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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 17:06:33 GMT
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On 2014-02-09, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.02.09, 11:10 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2014-02-09, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2014.02.08, 21:32 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> No issue.  It's just that it caught my eye in the TM prefs because it's
>>> the first 'keyboardable' option in there (I think) whereas it isn't in
>>> the others...
>>
>> It definitely is in Security. I would assume others as well.
>
>   in Sec it opens on "General" halo'd on this machine.

Ah, yes; but if you hit the Tab key four times, the lock is highlighted.

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