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ID:259220 Sep 10 2000, 3:21 am
Guy T.	I'm curious if there's a way to shift the focus from the browser window to the BYOND interface without mouse-clicking. Example: I click a link in the browse window. Then I read the results. Then I try to move using the arrow keys, but I can't because the focus is still in the browse window. So I have to reach for the mouse again... Any ideas?

Sep 10 2000, 9:58 am (Edited on Sep 10 2000, 10:11 am)

Tom H.

On 9/10/00 7:21 am Guy T. wrote:

I'm curious if there's a way to shift the focus from the browser window to the BYOND interface without mouse-clicking.

Example: I click a link in the browse window. Then I read the results. Then I try to move using the arrow keys, but I can't because the focus is still in the browse window. So I have to reach for the mouse again...

Any ideas?

Believe it or not, I spent a whole day on this damn problem. I have concluded that, without rewriting IE from scratch, it is impossible to get working the way I want. The problem is that sometimes you need the focus in the browser (mainly for forms), so I can't just automatically place it on the command line as with the other controls. Unfortunately it seems to be a technical conundrum to detect whether you are in an editing situation on the browser. I'll try to do some sort of move-focus trick next time I mess with it.

Sep 10 2000, 10:08 am In response to Tom H.
Spuzzum	Example: I click a link in the browse window. Then I read the results. Then I try to move using the arrow keys, but I can't because the focus is still in the browse window. So I have to reach for the mouse again... Any ideas? Dammit, everyone's suggesting stuff I suggested a while back!

Sep 10 2000, 11:22 am In response to Spuzzum
Deadron	On 9/10/00 2:08 pm Spuzzum wrote: Example: I click a link in the browse window. Then I read the results. Then I try to move using the arrow keys, but I can't because the focus is still in the browse window. So I have to reach for the mouse again... Any ideas? Dammit, everyone's suggesting stuff I suggested a while back! Ahem, I reported that one first. Ahem.

Sep 10 2000, 11:35 am In response to Deadron
Tom H.	On 9/10/00 3:22 pm Deadron wrote: On 9/10/00 2:08 pm Spuzzum wrote: Dammit, everyone's suggesting stuff I suggested a while back! Ahem, I reported that one first. Ahem. Both of you are wrong. I spent a day trying to fix this glitch _before_ releasing the built-in browser. Ahem.