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Oracle Solaris 11 Desktop Accessibility Guide     Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Introduction to Accessibility

2.  Using Assistive Technologies

3.  Configuring the Mouse and Keyboard

4.  Using the Keyboard to Navigate the Desktop

Introduction to Keyboard Navigation

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts

Global Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigating the Desktop Background

Navigating Panels

To Move a Panel Object

Navigating Drawers

Navigating Menus on Panels

Navigating Panel Applications

Navigating Your Workspaces

Navigating Windows

Giving Focus to a Window

Controlling a Window

Moving a Window

Resizing a Window

Navigating Paned Windows

Navigating Applications

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating Applications

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating Dialogs

Navigating the File Manager

Navigating Folders

Navigating the Side Pane

Navigating HTML Content in Caret Navigation Mode

Navigating Standard Elements and Controls

Navigating Menus

Navigating Buttons

Navigating Radio Buttons

Navigating Check Boxes

Navigating Text Boxes

Navigating Spin Boxes

Navigating Drop-Down Lists

Navigating Drop-Down Combination Boxes

Navigating Sliders

Navigating Tabbed Sections

Navigating Lists

Navigating Trees

Customizing Your Keyboard Shortcuts

To Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

To Disable a Keyboard Shortcut

5.  Customizing the Appearance of the Desktop

6.  System Administration

Index

Customizing Your Keyboard Shortcuts

Use the Keyboard Shortcuts preference tool to display the default keyboard shortcuts that you use to navigate the Oracle Solaris Desktop. You can customize the default keyboard shortcuts to meet your requirements. You can also create “hot keys”. Hot keys are keyboard shortcuts that start applications.

To start the Keyboard Shortcuts preference tool, choose System → Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts. The Desktop Shortcuts table lists the keyboard shortcut that is associated with each action.

To Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

  1. Click the action for which you want to customize the keyboard shortcut.

    The row is highlighted.

  2. Click on the keyboard shortcut in the Shortcut column.

    The text “Type a new accelerator, or press Backspace to clear” is displayed in the Shortcut column.

  3. Press the keys that you want to associate with the action.

    The new keyboard shortcut is displayed in the Shortcut column.

To Disable a Keyboard Shortcut

  1. Click the action for which you want to disable the keyboard shortcut.

    The row is highlighted.

  2. Click on the keyboard shortcut in the Shortcut column.

    The text “Type a new accelerator, or press Backspace to clear” is displayed in the Shortcut column.

  3. Press Backspace.

    The keyboard shortcut is disabled.