Hey Jacob,
Thanks a lot for this explanation, that does save some headaches.
Sorry for bringing this up, but I love the way GNOME on Linux and MacOS
implemented this feature -- it's great!
Vic
Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi
If you mean using the f8 key or the spaces app, then yes dings is all
you'll get. To navigate spaces use ctrl and the arrow keys, they move
through the spaces rows and columns as you'd expect (up, down, left,
right). You don't need the spaces app or to press f8 for these keys to
work. Also, if you know what space you want to go to, ctrl and the
number will take you there. So, ctrl+2 goes to space 2, etc. You can
also enable a status menu item for spaces in system preferences that
will let you select spaces via the status menu, i.e. the menu where
battery state and the clock among other things appear.
One thing to note about spaces is that command-tab will list all
applications regardless of what space they're in, and opening an
application's window on a different space will take you to that space.
So it's not a good way of segregating applications out of the
command-tab list at the moment, this is something I wish apple would
allow us to change. I do still use them though to separate application
windows that I won't need to see so that if I have to use the mouse in a
certain app, as sometimes happens, my screen is much less cluttered. For
instance, I have most windows on space 1, I keep my IM and VOIP apps on
space 2, any video conversion or other batch processing apps on space 3,
virtual machines on space 4, and command-line apps on space 5.
On Oct 12, 2008, at 23:12, Victor Tsaran wrote:
Hi Jacob,
Thanks, I think this trick actually worked. But as of now I cannot
seem to be able to use spaces at all. I've added couple of
applications to different spaces, but when trying to navigate within a
particular space, I get dings and that's all.
Vic
Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hey
Oops, forgot to mention that an actual mouse click has to be done on
that button, it's a pop-up button that isn't coded as a pop-up
button. So, put the voiceover cursor on it, route mouse to voiceover
with vo-command-f5, then do vo-shift-space for a click. that will
pull down the menu properly. If you ever encounter a button that
won't activate in any other situation this is probably what it is.
This isn't a Voiceover bug, but rather an unusual way of implementing
a pop up menu, as rather than being made as a pop-up button it is a
regular button control that pulls down a menu in response
specifically to a primary button click event and no other events will
trigger it including the default clicked event.
On Oct 12, 2008, at 15:09, Victor Tsaran wrote:
Hi Jacob,
OK, didn't click right away, apologies for that.
I was able to find the "add application binding" button but I cannot
activate it with either SPACE bar, ENTER key or with VO+space, i.e.
nothing happens when I try to activate this button.
Any ideas?
Vic
Victor Tsaran wrote:
I don't see any "add application" binding. I only see "add row" or
"add column". Is this within Spaces itself inside the System
Preferences?
Thx,
V
Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi
To bind an application to a specific space, you want to press the
"add application binding" button.
On Oct 11, 2008, at 22:43, Victor Tsaran wrote:
Hello guys,
I tried this some time ago but either there is no answer to this
problem or I have missed your replies.
I am trying to set up several spaces. I figured out how to
add/remove spaces, but I cannot figure out how to add
applications to the space. Help says to press + or - to
add/remove apps, but nothing gets close to this description.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
V
