In the accessibility preferences, there's a setting for using keyboard keys for mouse keys. I'm not very familiar with it, but it uses j, k, l as the middle row of the numpad.
Teresa "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham On Mar 20, 2014, at 3:54 PM, Jessica D <[email protected]> wrote: > What if you are like me and do not have a full keyboard? How can the same > task be accomplished? > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 20, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, VO doesn't always focus on the item for the shortcut menu. You can >> press option-enter to download a linked file. Also, if you go into >> accessibility preferences with 5 times command-option-f5, you can enable >> mouse keys. This is a function that doesn't depend on vO, and uses the >> numpad to move the mouse pointer. You can toggle it on and off by pressing >> the option key five times quickly. Once you have mouse keys on, you can >> press control-numpad-5 on the link to do a right-mouse-click. This second >> method is a good option for me, since I always have mouse keys enabled. >> >> Hth, >> teresa >> "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham >> >> On Mar 20, 2014, at 12:53 AM, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> What is causing it, I'm not sure, but here's what to do about it. If you >>> want to download a file, hit return. It will not appear to do anything, but >>> the download will start automatically, and just appear in your downloads >>> folder. If you want to open it in a new window, hit option return. Must >>> admit, I never use the context menus unless I have to as I usually find the >>> OS built in methods more reliable. One further tip, you can either navigate >>> to the downloads list, or go to your dock and find the downloads folder, >>> and while a download is in progress, it will tell you how far along it is. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Dave >>> >>> On 20 Mar 2014, at 07:43, Sarah Sackville McLauchlan >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all! Wonder if anyone else has had this problem and can help? Anyway, >>>> sometimes, when I'm on the web, I'll land on a link and press VO+shift+m >>>> because I want to download a file or open the link in a new window. But, >>>> instead of getting a menu with those options in it, I'll get one instead >>>> with back, reload page, open in dashboard, etc,. And I can't figure out >>>> any way to get it to give me the menu I want again! Does anyone else know >>>> what I'm talking about, and has anyone actually figured out what to do >>>> about it? Thanks hugely if you have! This is driving me nuts! >>>> >>>> Ok, thanks in advance, >>>> Sarah >>>> >>>> = Amy McLauchlan = Radical Dark Dreamer! >>>> >>>> http://www.reverbnation.com/radicaldarkdreamer >>>> >>>> http://www.facebook.com/radicaldarkdreamer >>>> >>>> http://amymclauchlan.wordpress.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
