Hi, One thing that usually works on these hidden dialogues, is function+f3 "mission control". Its not as easy as command+tilde. Jeff
On 5/26/15, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Actually, I did understand. Two things to consider, the Finder or Desktop, > is considered a running app, therefore cmd-tab may take you to a dialog that > has focus in the Finder. Also, there are numerous apps that run “hidden”, > per say, that cmd-tab won’t usually cycle to, thus we usually use VO-f1-f1. > You’re hoping to avoid the VO-f1-f1 and VOf2-f2, so, the only thing I can > suggest at this point is ctrl-f4. ctrl-f4 cycles between all windows in all > apps and adding the shift key will cycle the other direction. I’m not > positive if this will connect with some of the System dialogs that you may > be speaking of, but it’s worth a try. Depending on your keyboard setup, you > may also need to add the FN key to the ctrl-f4 combination. > > HTH. > > Later... > are > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On May 26, 2015, at 13:12, Shaf <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't think you understand what the issue is. I'll try to explain better. > So sometimes on the desktop when you go to the window switcher (VO-f2 > twice), there are notifications. I want to access these notification with a > quicker keystroke. There is no other apps running. CMD-accend doesn't switch > to these windows. > > On 5/26/2015 8:09 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Oops, sorry Shaf. That’s what I get for being in a rush and not listening >> to your entire message. Sometimes cmd-tab will bring focus to these >> dialogs as the dialog often belongs to a different app. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On May 26, 2015, at 13:04, Shaf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That's the problem. As I stated command accent doesn't actually switch to >> dialogs that you can get to with VO f2 in the Window switcher. >> For example, a finder alert, VPN alert or a notification. >> >> On 5/26/2015 8:00 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> To switch between windows, use the built-in MacOS command of cmd-accent, >>> the key just to the left of the #1 in the upper row of North American >>> keyboards. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On May 26, 2015, at 12:58, Shaf <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a quick command other than VO-f2 twice to switch between items >>> in the Window chooser? Not like the command accent key - there are >>> windows such as dialogs that I want to switch to that cannot be switched >>> to with command accent and I don't want to have to use VO-F2 all the >>> time. >>> >>> 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.
