Confirmed that my work computer on El Capitan appears to work correctly with either mode of getting to menu extras.
Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Oct 26, 2016, at 3:53 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Confirmed that using ctrl f8 is awkward. Using VO commands is always > reliable. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Without H2O there is no life! > [email protected] > >> On 10/26/2016 12:50 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi Andrew, >> >> I can't really confirm how different it is from one version of OS X to >> another as I usually use the VO-m-m method, but I will take your word for it >> that things are working differently. I have found in my testing that the >> ctrl-f8 method is awkward in Sierra though. Sometimes, I need to hit the >> down arrow first before I can go right or left. Sometimes, I've had to hit >> the down arrow to get out of a stuck kind of movement. It certainly isn't >> working as well as it should. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Oct 26, 2016, at 11:06, Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Tim, >> >> That's what I find so intriguing. I wasn't seeing any reports on the list >> about this change of behaviour and yet on my macbook pro May 2014 it >> happens. As you say: when I access the menu extra with vo+mm shortcut >> combination, I have to use vo+arrow keys and vo+spacebar to activate an >> individual menu item. But when I press control+f8, all I hear is >> "application", and I appear to be stuck. Adding fn key doesn't work because >> I have that option changed in the system preferences menu to use fn key only >> access additional functions of the fn keys. I've tried it anyway but >> nothing happened. It's not a deal breaker but I do miss the control+f8. >> Control+f3 for dock activation still works thank goodness. >> >> If you can think of anything that I might have misconfigured, please let me >> know. >> >> Thanks >> >> Andrew >>> On 26 Oct 2016, at 14:32, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Andrew, >>> >>> That still works for me, although I need to hold down the FN key as well as >>> the ctrl key to access the Extras menu in that way. There appears to be >>> two different reactions when using the Extras menu. If you use the VO-m-m >>> to invoke the Extras menu, then VO keys are required to move between menus >>> and VO-space is required to open a menu. When using the ctrl-f8 method, >>> then arrow keys alone seem to work. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Oct 26, 2016, at 02:04, Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Could anyone confirm this? Prior to OS Sierra, I used to invoke menu extra >>> with control+f8 key combination. Once there, I could use arrow keys to >>> move from menu item to menu item and then up and down arrows to open the >>> submenus. After installing OS Sierra, invoking menu extra with control+f8 >>> doesn't always work and if it does, I have to use vo+arrow keys to move >>> from item to item. Does anyone else experience this? Is this a deliberate >>> change from Apple? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Andrew >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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