Yes, it seems to go away when I move VO focus away from it. I wonder if this is a specific VO feature? It's interesting that sometimes when I use vO-shift-space to activate the Dropbox window, VO announces: "interacting with tray popup". This is a special interface, and most likely has been made specifically accessible in this case.
Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Apr 10, 2014, at 9:36 AM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > Let's see. I usually just press escape to get out. Should all else fail, I > just go in to Drop box prefs window and get out that way. > > > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! > > On Apr 10, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Ray, >> >> This worked for me. however, I can't get it to close. How do you close the >> Dropbox window? I tried command-w and escape. >> >> Thanks, >> Teresa >> >> Slow down; you'll get there faster. >> >> On Apr 10, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You made your mistake at the last step. You want to click the track pad by >>> using VO+shift+space. That'll do it. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>> built-in! >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >>> >>> On Apr 10, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Doug Lawlor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> If I issue the following commands this is what happens. >>>> Press Vo+m+m to focus on the status menu. >>>> Vo+arrow to the DropBox icon. >>>> Press Vo+Command+f5 to move the mouse pointer to the VoiceOver cursor. >>>> Double tap the track pad. >>>> VoiceOver gives me the following message: >>>> >>>> "Dropbox 2.4.11 >>>> Up to date menu extra Unable to focus keyboard in window: (null)" >>>> >>>> Doug >>>> >>>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 6:50 PM, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> For a while, it was necessary to option click on the dropbox icon to get >>>>> access to the preferences from the context menu. other app icons also >>>>> require some creative clicking to access them. I don't know the why or >>>>> wherefore of all this, I just know to try various clicks on the icons >>>>> that aren't cooperating like control click, option click and so forth. >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 3:53 PM, William Windels <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> Since some time, I believe since mavericks or perhaps also in 10.8, the >>>>>> icons like dropbox , Skype, and other tirdparty apps can't be activated >>>>>> with vo+space. But, the icons that are part of the system: time-machine, >>>>>> dat/time, user-options... are perfectly accessible with vo+space. >>>>>> What could be wrong and perhaps: what could be the solution or >>>>>> workaround? >>>>>> >>>>>> Any hints are very welcome >>>>>> >>>>>> kind regards, >>>>>> William Windels >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. > > -- > 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.
