Black lines around active windows

stefaandk · 05-24-2006, 04:41 AM

Getting some weird stuff happening, every active window now always has got a black rectangle sitting across it whenever I select it with my mouse.

In entourage it goes aroudn teh toolbar or the top of the active mail, chat windows have a black square around the text box.

This just came up at random, so I rebooted my machine and it's still there.

On top of that in the main apple drop down menu I have restart, shutdown and logout listed twice.

Since the latest osx patch in all honesty the stability of my system has gonna to sh!ts.

hayne · 05-24-2006, 04:53 AM

See these older threads with discussion of a similar problem:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?p=224430
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=54002

agentx · 05-24-2006, 05:32 AM

get in there and trun some option off !
we had the same problem....at our office....for some reason it had been turned on.

DeltaMac · 05-24-2006, 07:56 AM

Just to clarify about the option...
Open your System Preferences/Universal Access pane.
Turn OFF VoiceOver.
That will turn off the black boxes.
VoiceOver is sometimes turned on accidentally, with a press of Command-f5

stefaandk · 05-24-2006, 08:03 AM

Yeah that must have been it, I would have tried to do a CTRL-F5 to reload my browser, didn't work so probably tried this option instead.

Doing a option F5 fixed things.

But I still don't know how to force a browser reload?

Cheers

Raven · 05-24-2006, 09:23 AM

What do you mean by "browser reload" ?

trevor · 05-24-2006, 11:00 AM

To reload the current browser window (at least in Safari or Firefox, the two browsers I use), simply hit command-R.

Note that this is easily discovered by looking in the View menu. Next to "Reload", the command-key shortcut is shown.

Trevor

mchugh24 · 03-29-2008, 01:56 PM

I just got bit by this problem today and this thread solved it for me. Thanks!!!

05-24-2006, 04:41 AM	#1
stefaandk Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 37	Black lines around active windows Getting some weird stuff happening, every active window now always has got a black rectangle sitting across it whenever I select it with my mouse. In entourage it goes aroudn teh toolbar or the top of the active mail, chat windows have a black square around the text box. This just came up at random, so I rebooted my machine and it's still there. On top of that in the main apple drop down menu I have restart, shutdown and logout listed twice. Since the latest osx patch in all honesty the stability of my system has gonna to sh!ts.

05-24-2006, 04:53 AM	#2
hayne Site Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 32,473	See these older threads with discussion of a similar problem: http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?p=224430 http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=54002 __________________ hayne.net/macosx.html

05-24-2006, 05:32 AM	#3
agentx Hall of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 4,123	This is related to "Universal Access" preferences get in there and trun some option off ! we had the same problem....at our office....for some reason it had been turned on.

05-24-2006, 09:23 AM	#6
Raven Hall of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 4,782	What do you mean by "browser reload" ? __________________ Waffled foreheads are a symptom of broken keyboards and inexperienced users

05-24-2006, 11:00 AM	#7
trevor Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Boulder, CO USA Posts: 19,854	To reload the current browser window (at least in Safari or Firefox, the two browsers I use), simply hit command-R. Note that this is easily discovered by looking in the View menu. Next to "Reload", the command-key shortcut is shown. Trevor __________________ How to ask questions the smart way \| Pssst. Wanna play some FuMafia?

05-24-2006, 07:56 AM	#4
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 8,531	Just to clarify about the option... Open your System Preferences/Universal Access pane. Turn OFF VoiceOver. That will turn off the black boxes. VoiceOver is sometimes turned on accidentally, with a press of Command-f5

05-24-2006, 08:03 AM	#5
stefaandk Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 37	Yeah that must have been it, I would have tried to do a CTRL-F5 to reload my browser, didn't work so probably tried this option instead. Doing a option F5 fixed things. But I still don't know how to force a browser reload? Cheers

03-29-2008, 01:56 PM	#8
mchugh24 Prospect Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 13	I just got bit by this problem today and this thread solved it for me. Thanks!!!