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Re: tool to show me what is in focus?

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From: Amanda Nance
Date: Sep 29, 2010 10:42AM

Thanks all for the suggestions!

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Steven Faulkner
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> hi,
>
> Aviewer is a free windows tool that among other things has a feature that
> will put a focus rectangle wherever current focus is:
>
> http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=635
>
> On 28 September 2010 22:32, Amanda Nance < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I'm testing the accessibility of a web application that needs a lot of
> > work.
> > Most of the focusable elements are NOT displaying differently, so I can't
> > tell where focus is when testing for keyboard only functionality. Until
> > this
> > is fixed, is there a tool I can use to show where the focus is? This
> would
> > allow me to continue testing other aspects of the keyboard functionality
> > (e.g., tab order) much more easily.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >