Turn tool tips on in the jaws verbosity settings and you get that
info as you arrow down through the folders. it also works for files.
At 01:54 AM 7/16/2009, you wrote:
Hello John,
For some reason, Microsoft didn't include showing total size of a
folder on the status bar in Vista like it was shown in XP. There
are a couple things you can do. Perhaps the easiest is to select
all while in the list of files and then read the status bar. It is
an extra step and you have to be careful of course when selecting
all files, but the status bar does give total folder size when you
select all files, which you can do with CTRL+A. The other thing that
can be done is to turn on the mouse tips in folder options. You can
do this by opening the control panel and typing in "folder options"
in the search box (without the quotes). Use tab key until you find
the "folder options" choice and press enter key. Move to the view
page of the dialog by using CTRL+Tab key. Use tab key into the list
of options. use down arrow in the list to the "display file size
information in folder tips" choice and make sure it is checked. use
spacebar to check it if it isn't checked and then OK out of
dialogs. While in the music folder bring up the JAWS configuration
manager by using JAWS key with 6. Go into settings menu by using
Alt+S and arrow down to verbosity settings. Press enter key to open
the verbosity settings. Tab to the beginner settings and press
enter key. In the list of options use end key to move to the bottom
of the list. Use spacebar on the choice for announcing tool
tips. Tab to and use apply or OK button until out of the dialog
box. Use CTRL+S to save changes. When this is done you will hear
the tool tips as you move over subfolders in the music folder. You
will need to use backspace and arrow up or down across the music
folder to hear its size. However, when you open the music folder
you should hear folder size for the subfolders and files as you move
up and down the list with arrow keys. Sometimes after moving on to
an item with the arrow keys there is a slight delay until the
tooltip is spoken.
Take care.
Brian Lee
brianl...@charter.net
----- Original Message ----- From: "john" <frei...@295.ca>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:57 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] folder options in vista
A few months ago I switched from XP to Vista, and thought I had
imported all my normal settings. Now when I open a folder with
multiple mp3 files in it, when I do an insert3, I hear the number
of files in the folder, and free space remaining on the disc, but
not the total sise of the folder, which I like to know prior to
burning this to a cd. If I select one of the mp3 files , I do get
the size of that specific file. I have made sure the "file size"
in the view tab of the folder options menu is checked for the
folder, as well as the "file size" in the choose details option in
the view menu.On XP I would get a total size for the folder as well
as each specific file in the status bar. Any idea what I have done
wrong? Thanks in advance.
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