Oh yeah. I use this shortcut all the time. it is very very useful and I think is dissc used in one of the vo appendices I read once. lol! I hate that shortcut though.I wish there was a way just to do it with out thinking about it lol! On Aug 3, 2011, at 4:51 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:
> Hello everybody > > This is something which we here use all the time, but others may not be aware > of it. So I thought I would bring it to the attention of the group as it > could save some work later if, like ours, your dock is heavily populated. > > Did you know that there is an operating system shortcut for rearranging the > sequence of items in your dock? We prefer to keep everything arranged > alphabetically; just, I guess, because we're fussy about organisation and > that goes for everything in our lives including our house. Anyway, I digress. > The key combination "Option+Left/Right-Arrow" will allow you to move items in > your dock into a sequence that you prefer. For example, if you have two items > which both begin with the letters "S A", you can use either the VoiceOver > shortcut "Control+Option+D" or the OS shortcut "Control+F3" to bring up the > dock, then type in the first two letters of your item. But if the first one > in sequence isn't the one you most frequently use, it can be annoying to have > to move to the second one. So why not just move the item using the above > shortcut, so that it;s first in your list? > > To do this, highlight the item you want to move and, to move it up the list, > use "Option+Left Arrow". To move the item down the list, use "Option+Right > Arrow". We prefer to store the dock in alphabetical sequence, so that we know > exactly where to look. Just as we know where everything is on our hard drive > because we store things in logical places with logical names. > > I just thought I'd share that, since it's something which we use a lot and > which others may not know about. It's one of the most useful OS shortcuts in > our opinion. Sure; i personally could drag and drop the items using the > trackpad; but that's not the point. I always try to use Voiceover as > frequently as I can so that I'm reasonably up on accessibility issues. > > Lynne > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
