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Originally Posted by Cortig
I can look up selected words in editable and non-editable fields (and I can do the same using the Dictioanry embedded in SpellCatcher).
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Well, it seems like you're not having the problem I am. Oh well.
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Originally Posted by JKT
When you use your shortcut, rather than opening the application, a little definition window will appear next to the word you are performing the search on. I believe this is what afb is referring to.
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If you open Dictionary preferences, there is an option to Open Dictionary panel. When you use your shortcut, rather than opening the application, a little definition window will appear next to the word you are performing the search on. I believe this is what afb is referring to.
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I didn't know about this pref; it's set to open in the panel. On my desktop (where the problem is) and on my laptop (which doesn't have the problem), ⌃⌘D brings up the "panel" regardless of the setting. (Incidentally, I realized that you can't take a screenshot of it with the system shortcut.)
I hadn't thought about trying out the contextual menu item, since it doesn't appear in OW. It does in Safari, though, and while the shortcut doesn't bring up the panel, the menu item does. I then tried out Mail, where the menu item does appear, and though it is an editable text field, the shortcut doesn't work but the menu does.
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afb - what happens if you change the shortcut to something else? Mine is Command-F8 to avoid a conflict with something else that is using control-command-D. Does it still not work or does it start working properly?
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Changing the shortcut does nothing to change the behavior. I realized this shortcut is stored in the universal access prefs; tried trashing them, and still the same thing.
Any other ideas?
(I'm Alex, by the way; thanks for trying to help. I've been on the OW mailing list for some time; I recognize Jonathan's mac.com account from the pic; hi.)
Oh, I forgot to add that I went through the prefs folder and removed segments of prefs files, hoping to find the offending one, but I kept getting the same problem. For some reason this little problem is really starting to bug me.