do i have to turn the mouse track pad on? and n i can just rout my keyboard to decrease it? 07 Feb 2015, at 11:31 am, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:
> The idea is to drag the horizontal splitter to the bottom of the screen. This > is why you have to bring the mouse to the splitter before pressing down on > the trackpad. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 6 Feb 2015, at 23:50, Dionipher Presas Herrera <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> i don't get this one, what will i do on the splitter? >> On 03 Feb 2015, at 12:19 pm, 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. > > -- > 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. 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