Hi, how does one change these commands? From perusing the settings, it's not quite apparent how to do this.
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 7, 2013, at 6:41 PM, Eric Caron <eric_ca...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Hi Esther and others, > > I found the short cuts where you indicated but I would not have known to > substitute enter for click. One more interesting detail. I believe I did > try command, Option, Enter on the link and nothing happened several times. I > went back to the NLS BARD site and practiced a bit. I found that if I am > going down the list and land on the link I want to open in a new window it > often doesn't respond to Command, Option, Enter or Shift, Command, Option > Enter unless I arrow away from the link then come back to it. It then seems > to work consistently. So if the command is not working for someone out there > try arrowing away and then back to the link. Like Esther I was questioning > my memory as I thought command,Option Enter was supposed to open a link in a > new window. But, it just was not working! Now, it does if I arrow away and > back. Doing a mouse click on the link also did not make the key command work. > > Still this is a quick way to get the site to do what I need. > > Eric Caron > > On Apr 7, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote: > >> Hi Eric, >> >> Now I'm feeling senile and forgetful. The keyboard shortcut options are >> actually listed on the tab preferences pane of Safari, if you read down past >> the pop up menu that for opening pages in tabs or windows, and use enter >> instead of click. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On 7 Apr 2013, at 06:43, Eric Caron wrote: >> >>> Hi Sarah, Esther, and others, >>> >>> I tried Esther's and Sarah's suggestions and Sarah's worked! Command, >>> Option, Shift, Enter pressed when on the link of the book title opened the >>> link in a window that when closed left me back in my original location on >>> the web site. This will be a huge time saver for me on the NLS BARD site. >>> I look forward to trying this on other sites such as Amazon to see if it >>> also works. >>> >>> I tried changing the setting as Esther described but unless I did it wrong >>> it didn't work the way I needed. >>> >>> Without this community on lists like this one, how would I ever have found >>> that key combination? Thanks everyone. >>> >>> Eric Caron >>> On Apr 7, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> If you hit cmd option shift enter it normally opens in a new window, at >>>> least for me. There is a safari extension to do this but I forgot what it >>>> was called and I uninstalled it as safari freezes when I install >>>> extensions and i can't get to the install dialogue. or button quick enough. >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>> On Apr 7, 2013, at 9:00 AM, "Phil Halton" <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is the one big failing of Safari in my opinion. I don't know why >>>>> they don't fix this so that returning from a link positions you back at >>>>> the same spot on the webpage. I'll be watching this thread with interest. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Caron" >>>>> <eric_ca...@mac-access.net> >>>>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 9:21 AM >>>>> Subject: How to Open link in new window? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi listers, >>>>>> >>>>>> I thought there was a way to open a link in a new window so that you >>>>>> could then return to the original web page and be in the same position. >>>>>> I can't seem to find that command. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here is what I'm trying to do. I am in the NLS BARD and land on a book >>>>>> I want to add to my wish list. I press the link and go to a new page >>>>>> where I add the book then press back to summery list. I then return to >>>>>> the original web page but am at the top and now have to sort through >>>>>> 18,000 items or more to get back to the place I was at. Item chooser >>>>>> works but is slow. If I could return to the site at the same location I >>>>>> left from I would save lots of time. >>>>>> >>>>>> Suggestions are greatly appreciated! >>>>>> >>>>>> Eric Caron >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> 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/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security >> strategy. 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