Hi Anne,
Do you know whether you can also get back the shortcut for Spotlight
after you assign the shortcut for switching to previous input
source? I have both shortcuts working in Tiger. I may have
unchecked both of these at the time I chose a new shortcut for
switching to previous input source.
My guess is that you can have both shortcuts working, but that you
might have to restart your machine (or at least, relaunch Finder from
the Command-Option-Escape force quit sequence) in order to re-
activate the shortcut key for Spotlight. You may need to do this
twice, if you can't check the checkbox for "Show Spotlight search
field" initially.
This makes some sense, because in order to assign keyboard shortcuts
to applications, you must do this when they're closed, since the
shortcut information is stored in their preference files. Preference
files for applications are opened and saved again when applications
are opened and closed. For system-wide preferences to take effect,
you must restart the system. That was the case for assigning a
shortcut key to the "Start Speaking Text" service menu function
discussed on the list some time ago.
I'm happy there is a reasonable explanation for this odd behavior.
Thanks for checking and reporting back with a solution, Anne.
Cheers,
Esther
On Aug 22, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
Hello Simon,
I've found that unchecking the shortcut for Spotlight allows me to
switch input methods in both directions. I find there is no need to
use Command-Space bar for Spotlight as VO-M three times works
perfectly well.
Cheers,
Anne
On Aug 22, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
Dear Anne,
I have carried out the suggested actions but the result is I fear
the same: I cannopt change the coomand+space shortcut for changing
thep previous input source. On top of that, the check box next to
this item be comes unchecked when I try to change the shortcut key
to a new one. It is strange indeed. The only other option is to
try to do this with a sighted person. I haven't had a chance to
grab anybody yet. I will let you and Esther know what happens if a
sighted person attempts to change the shortcut using the physical
mouse. I have tried all comibinations: routing the mouse to the
voiceover cursor and linking the mouse to follow the voiceover
cursor via the Voiceover utility. Both have failed.
Many thanks for bearing with me in trying to solve this strange
behaviour.
With best wishes
Simon
On 21 Aug 2008, at 15:16, Anne Robertson wrote:
Hello Simon,
Your machine seems to be behaving oddly. Perhaps it would be a
good idea to zap the PRAM. To do this, shut down your computer,
then hold down the Command, Option, P and R keys and press the
power key. Keep the four keys held down until you've heard the
chime three times, then let them go and your machine will boot
normally.
After that, do Repair Disk Permissions. I can't promise that this
will help, but it's worth a try.
Cheers,
Anne
