Have you ever gotten so used to certain key bindings that when they're suddenly not working you can't hardly contain your frustration? I just experienced this and thought that it might help someone else so I'm posting this info.
I spend a lot of time using GMail with Firefox. So much so, that I have gotten really used to all the key bindings for GMail, especially those from Better GMail 2 (if you haven't checked this out yet you should do it NOW!). Well today I just upgraded to a newer MacBook Pro so I had to install much of the software I use. Firefox and all of the plugins I use was on the list. After installing this and starting to use GMail, I could no longer use the tab key to get to the send button when composing a message. Hitting the tab key would just pop to the top of the page and place the cursor on the browser command line. After a few minutes of Googling and finding nothing, I remembered Better GMail 2.
After actually going into the Better GMail 2 prefs and selecting the options I like, I again had the functionality I expected from the tab key. Phew, I'm again sane.
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Hi Bruce,
ReplyDeleteI'm facing the same dilemma you describe above: I can't tab to the Send button in Gmail (FFox 2 on MacBook running 10.5). It's driving me bonkers.
I'm using Better Gmail 2 as you are, but I don't see any options there to fix this.
Any chance you can add more detail for how you were able to get this working in your setup???
Much obliged.
Clayton
Unfortunately I can't remember which one brought back the use of the tab key. If my memory serves me, it was some of the prefs I used in the General and Messgaes tab of the Better GMail 2 prefs.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing to look for are other Firefox extensions that might be conflicting with Better GMail 2. I don't know of any, but it might be worth only installing Better GMail 2, getting it to work and then installing your other extensions one-by-one.
You can retrieve the tabbing function in Firefox gmail in Mac OS X Preferences. Specifically, System Preferences --> Keyboard & Mouse --> click on "All controls" button at the bottom.
ReplyDeleteOn reflection, I realize my comment earlier today about setting System Preferences to retrieve the tabbing function in Firefox was a bit terse. The buttons in the Keyboard & Mouse pane labelled "Text boxes and lists only" and "All controls" determine where the tab goes next. This will affect tabbing in all programs. The suggestion works for Leopard -- I am not familiar with earlier versions of OS X.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, yes! That was it. Many thanks yous.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, just to clarify for others possibly facing the same issue:
1. Open Keyboard & Mouse prefs from System Preferences.
2. Choose Keyboard Shortcuts pane/tab.
3. At bottom of pane, change Full keyboard access to All controls.