A shock from that one also. What is the difference between drag and drop and drag after and drag before?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Saturday, 26 March 2016 2:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to add an item to the dock? This is interesting. I had never even heard of the Drag after or Drag before commands. Good to know there's a way to do this, but I think I'll just stick to using the contextual menu or the keyboard command. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 24, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > FWIW, I was able in the latest OS to get the VO drag commands to move > something to the dock. > > 1. Go into system preferences- Dock and uncheck “Automatically hide and show > the Dock unchecked checkbox” > 2. Don’t use the drag command but instead use the drag after or drag > before commands ( vo-Greater and VO-< ) > > Though generally, I just use the contextual menu when the application is > running. > > I wonder if that would be considered an accessibility bug that the > Dock hides itself before the drag operation can complete Certainly, sighted > folks can use spring loaded folders and other wizbang stuff when dragging and > dropping. Though I can’t imagine exactly how such would be controlled. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan > > > >> On 24 Mar 2016, at 10:20, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you, Shawn!!! I knew there was a command to do this, but I couldn't >> find it on my Mac using Spotlight, nor could I turn it up using Google. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >>> On Mar 24, 2016, at 9:03 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Donna. Alternatively, if the app isn't running in the background, find >>> it in the Applications folder and then press Control+Command+Shift+T. HTH. >>> >>> Shawn >>> Sent From My White MacBook >>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk >>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs >>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper >>> Facetime: [email protected] >>> >>>> On Mar 24, 2016, at 8:42 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm trying to add an item to >>>> the dock. I press CMD comma to mark it, then CMD . to move it. I just >>>> keep getting the dragging noise. The Mac seems to want a third keystroke, >>>> but I have no idea what that would be. Have tried space, Enter, and >>>> VO-Space, but they all just abort the drag and Drop. Alternatively, if >>>> there's a keyboard command that would do this, I'd love to know. 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