Comments on: Windows Underlined Letters for Keyboard Accelerators – Peculiarities http://www.chinhdo.com/20080902/underlined-letters-windows/ Chinh's not quite random thoughts on software development, .NET, gadgets, and other things. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:15:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Deley http://www.chinhdo.com/20080902/underlined-letters-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-6533 David Deley Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:54:16 +0000 http://www.chinhdo.com/20080902/underlined-letters-windows/#comment-6533 See if the text next to the checkbox has a letter underlined. Hold down the ALT key if no letters are underlined, see if that makes the underlines show. then ALT- should take you to the checkbox. SPACE BAR should toggle the checkbox. See if the text next to the checkbox has a letter underlined. Hold down the ALT key if no letters are underlined, see if that makes the underlines show. then ALT- should take you to the checkbox. SPACE BAR should toggle the checkbox.

]]> By: Chinh Do http://www.chinhdo.com/20080902/underlined-letters-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-6087 Chinh Do Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:22:31 +0000 http://www.chinhdo.com/20080902/underlined-letters-windows/#comment-6087 Debra: Assuming that your app is a Windows app, you should be able to hit the Tab key and move focus from one control to the next. When focus is on the checkbox, you can then hit space to check/uncheck it. You may have to press Tab a lot of times to get to the checkbox in question... it may end up faster to use the mouse if there are lots of key presses involved. Another thing to try is to contact the software maker and ask to them put in a keyboard accelerator for the checkbox. Chinh Debra:

Assuming that your app is a Windows app, you should be able to hit the Tab key and move focus from one control to the next. When focus is on the checkbox, you can then hit space to check/uncheck it.

You may have to press Tab a lot of times to get to the checkbox in question… it may end up faster to use the mouse if there are lots of key presses involved.

Another thing to try is to contact the software maker and ask to them put in a keyboard accelerator for the checkbox.

Chinh

]]> By: Debra Louttit http://www.chinhdo.com/20080902/underlined-letters-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-6084 Debra Louttit Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:54:30 +0000 http://www.chinhdo.com/20080902/underlined-letters-windows/#comment-6084 I stumbled across this page, maybe you can help me. I work as a medical transcriptionist, need to keep my hands on keyboard and use mouse as little as possible to maintain high levels of production. In a particular application I use on my job, there is a box checked that needs to be unchecked to continue typing the report. Is there a way to get the cursor to this box and uncheck it, WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE...that is only using the keyboard? I would appreciate any help you can offer, and there will be a roomful of women grateful to you if you can solve this problem for us. I stumbled across this page, maybe you can help me. I work as a medical transcriptionist, need to keep my hands on keyboard and use mouse as little as possible to maintain high levels of production. In a particular application I use on my job, there is a box checked that needs to be unchecked to continue typing the report. Is there a way to get the cursor to this box and uncheck it, WITHOUT USING THE MOUSE…that is only using the keyboard?

I would appreciate any help you can offer, and there will be a roomful of women grateful to you if you can solve this problem for us.

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