Thanks Ann, that was easy. Gary On Feb 3, 2015, at 5:19 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Keith, > > Here’s how to disable the preview pane. > > Put Mail into classic view by opening Mail preferences (Cmd-Comma) and > selecting Viewing in the toolbar then checking the Use classic layout check > box. > Close Mail preferences and navigate to the messages table. > Do not interact with the messages table but press VO-Down Arrow. > You should be on a horizontal splitter. > Make sure the Trackpad commander is off. > Bring the mouse. > Press down on the bottom edge of the trackpad with one finger, and use > another finger to stroke the trackpad toward you. > There should be nothing below the horizontal splitter the next time you press > VO-Down Arrow. > > Sometimes it takes several attempts to get it right. > > Cheers, > > Anne > , > >> On 3 Feb 2015, at 11:06, Keith Hinton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi folks. >> I can't figure out how to stop mail that I'm arrowing thorugh from >> automatically being opened and marked as read. >> I would like this behavior to be turned off. >> when I asked another friend of mine who has worked with Mail longer than I >> have, he said I coudl disable the preview pain, but that it was tricky to do. >> He said I would have to find the vertical splitter next to the messages >> column, and then route the mouse pointer to that splitter, and then click >> and drag starte down with the trackpad. >> Why I can't simply interact witht he splitter using VoiceOver from the >> keyboard, I don't know. >> I've tried to do as he instructed using the track pad, but when I released >> the track pad and the mouse popped up, my focus landed in the finder >> completely and I was booted out of hte mail window despite having routed the >> mouse pointer to the splitter. >> ANy ideas on what I did wrong? >> If it helps, I am not used to using my Mac's track pad at all, and hardly >> even use it. >> I rely exclusively on VoiceOver keyboard commands rather than the track >> pad in most cases. >> If it helps, I mpressed command option f5 to route the mouse to the >> splitter, pressed the track pad somewhere near the top of the thing, dragged >> one finger strate down to the end of the thing, let up, then got booted back >> in to the finder. >> So I wonder if I need to do something other htan that? >> Do I need to hold down the otpion key as well? >> I recall needing ot hold down the otpion key in addition to clicking on the >> track pad when accessing the Dropbox menu, and without option things didn't >> work properly with trackpad clicking. >> So, I wonder if that's the only thing I'm doing wrong? >> Or maybe my finger somehow found the finder? >> VoiceOVer didn't tel me before letting off that I'd land there, that's just >> where the click took me. >> So there we go. >> Am I missing something here? >> And, which vertical splitter? >> My firend wasn't too clear. >> There are two vertical splitters next to the messages column control in >> Mail, to either side of it. >> One on the left and one on the right. >> Which controls the preview pain, I'm not sure. >> Thanks for any suggestions on how to accomplish this dragging task. >> I've never really understood what the vertical splitter controls visually do. >> Seeing that I'm totally blind I know that's a bit silly to maybe ask, but >> I'm curious visually what those controls do.? >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> 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.
