Thanks Anne for the suggestions and assistance. I'm not able to go check everything now but I'm saving your message and will check it out as soon as possible.
It does look like if I add the function key to the control option shift f3 command it toggles the cursor tracking on and off. Gabe On Aug 5, 2017, at 12:47 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > > Hello Gabe, > > Open VoiceOver Utility, go down to Navigation. Navigate right to Mouse > pointer and press VO-Space on the pop up button to the right, and set it to > Ignores VoiceOver cursor. > It sounds as though you also need to switch the way the function keys work by > doing what I recommended to Kevin. In case you’ve lost that message, here’s > what to do. > Go into System Preferences and select Keyboard. Select the first tab, > Keyboard, then use the Item Chooser (VO-i) to find the Use F1, F2, etc. keys > as standard function keysv checkbox and check it. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > > >> On 5 Aug 2017, at 07:43, Gabe Griffith <gabrielgriff...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Ann, >> >> It is entirely possible that this is the case. Can you tell me how I would >> check this and turn it off if it is? I tried the control option shift f3 >> command Anders suggested and that just beeps at me. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Gabe >> >> >>> On Aug 4, 2017, at 5:11 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>> I wonder if you have your mouse pointer tied to your VO cursor. This can >>> cause jumping problems sometimes. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 4 Aug 2017, at 11:54, John JD Denning <jdenning1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have had it happen only in numbers. And it's happened quite a few times. >>>> I wish I knew a fix for it because it is incredibly annoying. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Aug 3, 2017, at 23:51, Gabe Griffith <gabrielgriff...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> It seems like in the last few weeks I have started having an issue where >>>>> my focus jumps around in my document or email while I am typing. I will >>>>> be happily typing along and all of a sudden my focus will be at the >>>>> beginning of my line paragraph or document. When typing this email for >>>>> example I all of a sudden had VO telling me no links when I typed an l on >>>>> something and have had to relocate my place several times. >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone else ever had this happen or have any ideas what could be >>>>> causing it? At first I thought it might be app specific or that I was >>>>> hitting the touchpad but it's happened to me in mail, text edit and pages. >>>>> >>>>> I am using a 2011 macbook pro with Sierra 10.12.5 and 16 gigs of ram. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone has any assistance to offer I would greatly appreciate it. 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