[mac4theblind] Re: Is it possible to turn off auto fill in Safari's address bar? If so how can I do it?

  • From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:07:20 -0500

It is not possible but you can mittigate it by keeping your history and cache 
clear.

On Jan 26, 2012, at 4:03 PM, John Panarese wrote:

    OK, I thought that had a checkbox for that.  Am I imagining things, or does 
anyone know if this has changed from previous versions of the OS?  I could 
swear there was a place to disable that in Safari preferences.  I might have to 
do a google search.


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On Jan 26, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Daniel McGee wrote:

> Hi John, I've done as you suggested and selected the "auto fill tab" but 
> having a look at my options in there, I couldn't find the one I wanted. 
> To be clear, I want to turn off Safari automatically filling in the address 
> bar when ever I go to type a web site I know. 
> 
> Thanks so far though. 
> 
> Daniel 
> On 26 Jan 2012, at 20:15, John Panarese wrote:
> 
>>  You can turn off auto filling in Safari preferences.  VO space on the Auto 
>> Fill button or, if you can't initially find it, navigate to the toolbar and 
>> interact with the toolbar.  Once you VO space on auto fill, just tab and 
>> uncheck what you don't want to be automatically filled in.
>> 
>> 
>> Take Care
>> 
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 26, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Daniel McGee wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all, subject says it all. I just like to be able to write in the web 
>>> address myself with VO and at times I find it trys to auto fill and 
>>> basically want to know if there is a way I can turn this off. 
>>> 
>>> Thanks 
>>> 
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