Blue frame box blocking search bar on my iMac

Joseph 101 wrote:

Blue frame box blocking search bar on my iMac

blue frame box popping up unable to type in search bar

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Original Title: Mac 24 Sequoia

Blue frame sounds like a Accessibility feature got turned on(?) >System Settings>Accessibility

search bar where exactly...Finder, browser, Spotlight, some third party app, all apps???? Very hard to speculate here.

does the "blue frame box" present itself in any other situation— beside your "search bar" ?

Old issue, new issue, what changed?

I appreciate the economy of words, but if you could paint a bigger picture...

verify Full Keyboard Access did not get turned on

>System Settings>Accessibility >Keyboard>Full Keyboard Access>OFF

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