[gentoo-amd64] Random letters on konqueror screen

[gentoo-amd64] Random letters on konqueror screen

[Paul Stear]

Hi,
I keep getting random letters in square boxes at random positions on my 
konqueror screen.
Has anybody else experienced this?
or has anybody any suggestions to cure it.
I am using konqueror 3.5.5.using kde 3.5.5 on an athlon 64 system.
Thanks for any guidance
Paul
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Random letters on konqueror screen

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Saturday 20 January 2007 10:26, Paul Stear <gentoo@appjaws.plus.com> 
wrote about '[gentoo-amd64] Random letters on konqueror screen':
> Hi,
> I keep getting random letters in square boxes at random positions on my
> konqueror screen.

They aren't random.  Those the the access keys that allow you to quickly 
activate a UI element; they are oft ued by mobility-implaired computer 
users and are an accessibility feature, but as also the used by 
power-users as website-provided shortcuts.  On my system they don't show 
up until I hit Ctrl by itself; the same keystoke will dismiss them.

For more details about access keys (non-KDE specific):
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#adef-accesskey
http://www.cita.uiuc.edu/html-best-practices/standards/sect508.php -- 
under "Naviagation and Orientation"
Many other section 508 sites available; I don't know if accesskeys is a 
hard-requirement but it does seem generally to be part of satisfying 
section N.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Random letters on konqueror screen

[Antoine Martin]

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Saturday 20 January 2007 10:26, Paul Stear <gentoo@appjaws.plus.com> 
> wrote about '[gentoo-amd64] Random letters on konqueror screen':
>> Hi,
>> I keep getting random letters in square boxes at random positions on my
>> konqueror screen.
> 
> They aren't random.  Those the the access keys that allow you to quickly 
> activate a UI element; they are oft ued by mobility-implaired computer 
> users and are an accessibility feature, but as also the used by 
> power-users as website-provided shortcuts.  On my system they don't show 
> up until I hit Ctrl by itself; the same keystoke will dismiss them.
> 
> For more details about access keys (non-KDE specific):
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#adef-accesskey
> http://www.cita.uiuc.edu/html-best-practices/standards/sect508.php -- 
> under "Naviagation and Orientation"
> Many other section 508 sites available; I don't know if accesskeys is a 
> hard-requirement but it does seem generally to be part of satisfying 
> section N.
> 
I just wished there was a way to tun the whole thing off...
(even at build time if necessary)

Antoine
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Random letters on konqueror screen

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

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On Saturday 20 January 2007 20:12, Antoine Martin wrote:
> >> I keep getting random letters in square boxes at random positions on my
> >> konqueror screen.
> >
> > They aren't random.  Those the the access keys that allow you to quickly
> > activate a UI element; they are oft ued by mobility-implaired computer
> > users and are an accessibility feature, but as also the used by
> > power-users as website-provided shortcuts.  On my system they don't show
> > up until I hit Ctrl by itself; the same keystoke will dismiss them.
[SNIP]
> I just wished there was a way to tun the whole thing off...
> (even at build time if necessary)

Oh, there is. But it's a secret... ;)

http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Secret+Config+Settings#_Disable_the_accessibility_squares_CTRL_button_normally_activates_in_Konqueror_aka_Access_Keys_

Click on the + under the headline.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Random letters on konqueror screen

[Paul Stear]

On Saturday 20 January 2007 19:47, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Saturday 20 January 2007 20:12, Antoine Martin wrote:
> > >> I keep getting random letters in square boxes at random positions on
> > >> my konqueror screen.
> > >
> > > They aren't random.  Those the the access keys that allow you to
> > > quickly activate a UI element; they are oft ued by mobility-implaired
> > > computer users and are an accessibility feature, but as also the used
> > > by power-users as website-provided shortcuts.  On my system they don't
> > > show up until I hit Ctrl by itself; the same keystoke will dismiss
> > > them.
>
> [SNIP]
>
> > I just wished there was a way to tun the whole thing off...
> > (even at build time if necessary)
>
> Oh, there is. But it's a secret... ;)
>
> http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Secret+Config+Settings#_Disable_the
>_accessibility_squares_CTRL_button_normally_activates_in_Konqueror_aka_Acces
>s_Keys_
>
> Click on the + under the headline.
Thanks for the info
paul
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