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Hi Koen,
No it's not just you. I hadn't noticed it before as I use the mouse 99% of
the time.
If anybody wants to investigate why it is happening in BlackBox the
following information might be useful:
This behaviour (as I coincidentally discovered recently when testing
applications on Windows Vista) is somehow tied to the way Windows XP
optionally suppresses the appearance of underlined characters until you
press the ALT key. Similarly the focused control is supposed not have the
visual clue until the system detects that you have used the TAB or arrow
keys (instead of the mouse) to navigate around a form.
See
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/05/03/414317.aspx for
more information.
A workaround to show the visual clues for the focused control is to change
the XP 'Hide underline letters' Display properties option. To do this:
1. Windows Start > Control Panel > Display
2. Click on the 'Appearance' tab
3. Click on the 'Effects' button
4. Uncheck the checkbox 'Hide underline letters for keyboard navigation
until I press the Alt key'
The obvious possible downside to this is that the underlines will always be
visible.
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com/gpgp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy> Behalf Of Koen Desaeger
> Sent: Monday, 22 January 2007 11:22 AM
> To: BlackBox Mailing List
> Subject: [BlackBox] - XP visual styles and BlackBox dialogs
>
> Hello all,
>
> I was wondering if anybody else experiences the following problem:
> BlacBox dialogs wih XP visual styles enabled are crippled on
> my system, and i disabled this feature by renaming the
> manifest file to "BlackBox.exe.manifest.not".
>
> To make the problem clear, two screenshots are attached of
> the Edit|Preferences dialog, where the same control has
> focus, namely the radio button that indicatus 'Status
> Bar|Double'. The problem with visual styles enabled is that
> you have no visual clue at all which control curently has
> focus! I find this a serious hindrance, as usual i am in
> 'keyboard mode' and need to see where in the Dialog I am
> exactly, tabbing around.
>
> Just wondering if it's just me.
>
> Regards,
> Koen.
>
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