Justin- I'm guessing you have a 12.2x version of iTunes. Apple removed that functionality in one of the 12.x versions, and the only way to re-order a playlist is with drag and drop. However, if you have older playlists which you don't need to edit, you can copy them into a new playlist created with your current iTunes version; then use the now empty older playlist to edit your new playlist. This is what I have had to do- and I'm so glad I had a lot of playlists created in older versions so I can continue to do this! HTH
Here's my correspondence with Apple: Hello, Thank you for your reply. The Playlist items may be arranged via drag and drop action. If JAWS has a drag and drop function, we recommend trying that as a way to rearrange playlists. Sincerely, Apple Accessibility On September 30, 2015 at 18:15:02 PM GMT, [email protected] wrote: Perhaps you did not read to the end of my message. One of your own accessibility support staff verified that changes in these versions of iTunes make it impossible to edit and manipulate playlists created with these versions without a mouse. Your technician was not using JAWS. Cher Bosch From: Apple Accessibility [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Broken playlist accessibility in iTunes; Follow-up: 629039632 Hello, Thank you for your email. At this time Apple includes support for the Window-Eyes screen reader in iTunes. Other screen readers may require an update. If you find that another screen reader is not working correctly, please check with the application developer to see if they have an update for the software. Sincerely, Apple Accessibility On September 28, 2015 at 16:22:29 PM GMT, [email protected] wrote: These problems refer to keyboard accessibility issues in playlists and were created in iTunes 12.2.1 and continue in 12.3: *Selection: Within playlists created with these iTunes versions, selection no longer seems to follow the cursor keys- so standard windows keyboard commands for cut or copy result in a "nothing selected" error message. It is impossible to re-arrange the order of songs created under these versions of iTunes. The only playlists which are still functional are those which were created in prior versions of iTunes. *Navigation: Using the arrow keys, after arrowing up or down for 15 or so lines, the selection focus is lost. You cannot read the information or proceed further in that direction without first arrowing backward one line- which then allows you to move forward one more line- thus advancing only one line at a time (backwards then forwards) in a see-saw fashion. The cursor actually does move but the focus seems to be lost and the new song information is not read. Using the home or end key moves the cursor to the end or beginning of the playlist; but JAWS does not read the information on that line. It is necessary to arrow away from that song and back before the information can be read. Similarly, the page up and page down keys will not read the information for the song on which the cursor lands. *Nuisance artwork: With these iTunes versions, artwork appears on each line of the playlist. Even copying the songs from an old playlist without artwork into a new one created under these versions produces a playlist with the artwork icons. *Nuisance iTunes becoming unresponsive: Accidental use of the standard windows command Control-Home results in iTunes freezing. This command is so commonly used for various purposes by keyboard users that this is bothersome. This is my previous message to you re these issues: From: Don & Cher [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 8:09 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Keyboard accessibility to playlists broken in iTunes 12.2.1 Since installing iTunes 12.2.1, new playlists are not accessible to persons relying on keyboard accessibility to work with them. I phoned Apple Accessibility recently to see if the tech could replicate my problem. He verified that with the latest iTunes, you cannot use keyboard shortcuts to select, copy or move songs in new playlists with the keyboard (using a PC). He verified that it is not a JAWS issue as he did not have JAWS installed, and could not perform these functions either. I can still use all these keyboard commands within playlists created prior to installing the new iTunes- but even if I duplicate an old playlist and rename it (so I can have a editable playlist) the newly duplicated playlist is non-editable- apparently because it was duplicated under the new iTunes. The only way I can add songs to one of these new playlists is by using 'add to playlist' on the context menu- and the order of songs is unchangeable by this method- I.E. the order you add the songs is unchangeable after the fact. So, basically playlists are not very useful. Cher -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin McDevitt Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 1:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bulk] [JAWS-Users] Itunes issue. `~~ Hello listmembers, Earlier today, I created a Playlist within Itunes of specific songs within my overall music file directory. After completing the Playlist and selecting the Songs option, the song list was presented in alphabetical order based on the title of each track. To re-order the list, I pressed Control X and then Control-V to place the track at a specific point within the Playlist. However, unlike the many other times in which I have utilized this command, the titles were not re-ordered per my objective. As an Itunes user for the past 5-6 years, what step am I issing here? Best, Justin For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
