Dear Phil, Thank you so much for this fantastic explanation! I appreciate the time and effort you put into it very much! I've been away all day, but wanted to let you know as soon as I could, how much I appreciate your thoughtfulness! This is extremely helpful!
Desi On Jul 14, 2013, at 7:44 AM, "Phil Halton" <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: > I just tried option clicking on the dropbox extras menu item using mouse keys > and it works. > In system prefs, go into the accessibility pane. Then, in the accessibility > features table, select mouse and trackpad. check the "enable mouse keys" box > to turn mouse keys on. then go into its options (the next button to the > right) , and enable the "press option key five times" checkbox. Press the > "done" button at the far right to exit mouse keys options, then exit system > prefs, and you're ready to go. try pressing option key 5 times to turn on and > off mouse keys to make sure its working, you'll hear a series of ascending > and descending clicks indicating mouse keys on and off. . > > Now, when you need a mouse button to click, use the USB keyboard numpad. 5 > clicks the mouse, while 4 and 6 move it left and right, and 8 and 2 move it > up and down. > > I think There are sound effects somewhere you can turn on to let you know the > mouse is moving, and you can set it to speak the item under the mouse in VO > settings as well. > finally, you can check the mouse position with VO F5. Pressing it once tells > you what's under the mouse, pressing it again speaks the coordinates relative > to the screen, and a third press speaks the coordinates relative to the > current window. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah k Alawami" <marri...@gmail.com> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: Dropbox Question > > >> Turn on mouse keys under accessibility un system prefs by going to the >> options button under mouse keys and checking the box that say hit option 5 >> times. then after that hit option 5 times when you do the extras menu and >> dropbox and hit option I. I think ester c an describe this to you better >> then I can since I barely know how mouse keys work. >> >> Hth. >> On Jul 13, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Desi Noller <desiandca...@q.com> wrote: >> >>> I do have an Apple Mouse that came with my computer. I have a regular iMac >>> desktop. I just don't have any Mouse experience! Thanks! >>> >>> hDesi >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Best >>> On Jul 13, 2013, at 6:55 PM, "Phil Halton" <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> what do you have? a laptop? Do you have a mouse? I don't know any way to >>>> do an option click without a mouse or a trackpad of some kind, either a >>>> standalone trackpad or one built into a laptop. >>>> >>>> whatever you have, mouse or trackpad, hold down the option key and either >>>> press the trackpad or execute a mouse click on the mouse. If nothing else, >>>> you can get a simple USB mouse with right/left buttons for less than $20 >>>> at any electronics store - it doesn't have to be an Apple mouse. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desi Noller" <desiandca...@q.com> >>>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >>>> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:36 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Dropbox Question >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Phil, >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately, I don't happen to have a track pad! Is there an >>>>> alternative way to do this? Thanks tons! >>>>> >>>>> Desi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 13, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Phil Halton <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> depending on the dropbox version, you'll have to do an option click on >>>>>> the dropbox extras menu item to get it to open. when focused on the >>>>>> dropbox item in the extras menu, route the mouse to VO with Command VO >>>>>> F5 and while holding down the option key, click the mouse on your >>>>>> trackpad. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desi Noller" <desiandca...@q.com> >>>>>> To: "mac-access iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 2:27 PM >>>>>> Subject: Dropbox Question >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I haven't used my Dropbox account for well over a year, but now that I >>>>>>> have my new Brailliant 40 BI, I want to be able to store files and >>>>>>> folders there to be shared between my iMac, iPod Touch 4th Generation, >>>>>>> and my iPhone 4S. I just went to the Dropbox web site and updated my >>>>>>> account and then went to the Dropbox application on my Doc on my iMac, >>>>>>> but when I do that, I get the message that "Dropbox has no windows!" >>>>>>> What should I do to get things rolling? 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