Hi Carolyn, I don't think there's a keyboard command to maximize a window, but a little bit of research showed that you can set up an AppleScript that will perform the same action as navigating to the "Zoom" button of your window and pressing it (VO-Space), which performs the action that you want in toggle fashion (e.g., the first time you press this button will zoom the window to occupy maximum size; the next time you press the "Zoom" button restores the window to its original size).
If you save this AppleScript to the Library/Scripts folder under your user account under some name like "Zoom Window", and set up your AppleScript Editor preferences so that the check box to show your Script folder on your menu bar is checked, you'll be able to use this AppleScript to maximize or de-maximize your windows by pressing VO-M-M followed by Z and a press of the return button to perform this action. You could also assign a keyboard shortcut to the AppleScript, either through the regular keyboard shortcuts options in System Preferences, or by setting this up as Keyboard Commander shortcut in VoiceOver Utility for systems that are running Snow Leopard or Lion. Here's the code, which comes from the Mac OS X Hints article, "Create a keyboard shortcut for the maximize button": http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20051227001809626 tell application "System Events" if UI elements enabled then set FrontApplication to (get name of every process whose frontmost is true) as string tell process FrontApplication click button 2 of window 1 --button 2 is the green "zoom" button for all applications --window 1 is always the frontmost window. end tell else tell application "System Preferences" activate set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.universalaccess" display dialog "UI element scripting is not enabled. Check 'Enable access for assistive devices'" end tell end if end tell I'll try to followup on this, because I'm pressed for time right now. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 16, 2012, at 9:45 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I don't know if there is a keyboard cmd to max a window.I don't think there > is. Also for showing a keyboard list of menu commands just listen for them > when you navigate the menus. > > Take care. > On Mar 16, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Carolyn Wagner wrote: > >> Is there a keyboard command to maximize a window? Also is there a keyboard >> command to display a menu of keyboard commands? >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> 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/>
