Tabbing between fields in a new message in Apple Mail - Mojave

When I was using Apple Mail on High Sierra, and creating a new message, I was able to tab between fields (To:, CC:, Subject:, etc.).


In Mojave, I can still do this, but for some reason, it skips the “From” and “Signature” drop down menus. It *did* do this in High Sierra, and I used it constantly. But for some reason it won’t do so in Mojave.


I’ve tried all sorts of settings changes (even with support on the line, no help there).


Anyone have any hints? Many thanks!


David



MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Dec 12, 2020 7:10 AM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2021 11:56 AM

Thanks for the suggestion, but actually, it was a setting under "Keyboard" that got turned off when I upgraded (I couldn't do a "migration," due to the nature of the upgrade — long story, involving multiple senior Apple support angels). See bottom of screen shot below: "Full Keyboard Access."


(P.S. to Apple: this is why I HATE "upgrading" to a new OS (MacOS or iOS). No matter what, it seems there's always hassles . . . it's like someone coming in to rearrange my office furniture with helpful new "features" (and bugs) that end up taking more time than it's worth. My computer is not a toy, it's a business tool that I don't like being mucked around with when I finally get things working on it. Sigh!)





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Jan 19, 2021 11:56 AM in response to BDAqua

Thanks for the suggestion, but actually, it was a setting under "Keyboard" that got turned off when I upgraded (I couldn't do a "migration," due to the nature of the upgrade — long story, involving multiple senior Apple support angels). See bottom of screen shot below: "Full Keyboard Access."


(P.S. to Apple: this is why I HATE "upgrading" to a new OS (MacOS or iOS). No matter what, it seems there's always hassles . . . it's like someone coming in to rearrange my office furniture with helpful new "features" (and bugs) that end up taking more time than it's worth. My computer is not a toy, it's a business tool that I don't like being mucked around with when I finally get things working on it. Sigh!)





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