Hi Edward,
Nic beat me to this, but I'll expand on the use of Option Tab to move
to text boxes in Safari. Bring up the preferences menu for Safari
(Command-Comma). Either interact (VO-Shift-Down Arrow), or use
Control-F5 (shortcut to move to title bar). Then tab, right arrow or
VO-Right arrow to "Advanced" and press (VO-Space). VO-Right arrow to
the checkbox for "Press tab to highlight each item on a web page".
When this is checked, pressing tab forward cycles between all
available items and option tab moves between text boxes and pop up
menus. When it is unchecked, tab only moves between text boxes and pop
up menus and you have to use option tab to move to all items. Holding
down the shift key with either the tab or option tab sequences will
reverse the direction in which you move through fields on a web page.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
Hi,
You have to enable the option in Safari under the advanced tab.
Regards,
Nic
On May 8, 2010, at 8:19 PM, Edward wrote:
Hello
I didn't know you can hit option-tab to go to next control. Thanks
for the
info.
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From: [email protected]
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Svendsen
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 1:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Feature for voice over
Hi,
Hot spots. They enable you to keep track of a certain area in a
window,
quickly jump to it, or simply read the status area it is monitoring
within a
certain window.
Example: You are downloading something in Safari, but you want to do
something else. But it's a huge download. You go to the percentage
with the
VoiceOver cursor, hit VO-Shift-1 to save it as hot spot number one,
and go
do whatever else you might want to do on your Mac. If you suddenly
wonder
how far along the download is, you can hit Vo-COmmand-1 to monitor
Hot spot
one. Now, this is a pretty difficult command for some people, so
you might
want to use the right command key instead of the left, coupled with
control-option on the left side of the keyboard until you get
beyond four or
so.
As for jumping to edit boxes, you can either use the rotor on the
trackpad
or via VO-U and Quick Nav. You can also make Safari jump to all
controls
except links buy hitting option-tab. I don't think AppleScript is
required
for this at all, though it can probably be done for those who
really care.
Regards,
Nic
On May 8, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Edward wrote:
Hello all,
Anyone know if there will be a feature or if there is one now to
define user windows in order to keep track of info in a particular
region?
Also is it possible to write a script allowing a user to hit e for
the first
edit box on a webpage or x for check box, and so on? I don't know
enough
about apple scripting to answer this question, so any info will be
greatly
appreciated.
Thanks
Edward
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