Hello Nimer, Text selection is one of those questions that comes up regularly as there is not one way that works everywhere with VoiceOver. The simplest way, and the one that works in most text editing situations, is the Shift key with arrow keys. Shift-Right Arrow selects by character. Shift-Option-Right Arrow selects by word. Shift-Cmd-Right Arrow selects to the end of the line. Shift-Down Arrow selects a line. Shift-Option-Down Arrow selects to the end of the paragraph. Shift-Cmd-Down Arrow selects to the end of the document. Obviously, left arrow and up arrow perform the opposite functions.
The next method is to use Quick Nav and the shift key. Just set the rotor to Characters, words, lines, sentences or paragraphs and hold down the Shift key as you press the Down Arrow key. The third method is VO-Return to begin and end the selection. This usually works in HTML. Then, if all you want to do is copy text, you can make VoiceOver speak the text you want, and then press VO-Shift-c to copy the last spoken phrase to the clipboard. Cheers, Anne > On 9 Jun 2017, at 09:31, Nimer Jaber <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a new Mac user, full-time. I have used a Mac on and off, and have even > provided basic instruction in my capacity as a technology trainer, however am > now using the Mac full time. And... I already have a question, and any help > would be appreciated. > > First, I use inbox.google.com <http://inbox.google.com/> for my e-mail, as I > find the inbox sorting of messages to be delightful, and I prefer the > interface to the mail app. Earlier today, I attempted to select the contents > of a message while reading in inbox. I attempted the reverse pinch gesture, > however this was unsuccessful, even when the trackpad commander was turned > on. I attempted to find a text selection item in the rotor, however > apparently this is only an iOS thing? Or maybe I need to add it in the rotor > settings... I attempted many combinations of keys together with the shift > key, and could not manage to select anything... the only way I got any text > selected was by doing command+a to select all... and this was not what I > wanted. So, how would one go about selecting a block of text in inbox or any > web app? 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