Cool! Thanks for the detailed Instructions.
That sounds like a lot of work for very little reward though. In all the time couldn't you have copy, pasted, and deleted the original? Or if you have a couple of dollars to spend, you could cut and paste with moveaddict? Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Here's something I worked out with the help of my sighted husband earlier > today. > > Dragging files from one window to another > > Trackpad Commander must be off for this to work > > > • Open the folder containing the file to be moved and open the target folder > in a separate window; > • Go to the target folder window and hide the sidebar (Cmd-Opt-S); > • Move the target window up as far as possible (VO-` (accent) followed by up > arrow until it can't go any further, then press Escape); > • Make target window as big as possible using the Resize command (VO-Shift-` > (accent)), this command gives you two options: move right edge, and move > bottom edge. Do each of these in turn using the right arrow to move the right > edge as far to the right as possible, and the down arrow to move the bottom > edge as far down as possible. VO will not let you push them off the screen. > You have to hit Escape after each operation; > • Switch to the source window and move it to the left until it's less than 10 > mm or pixels right (you'll need to pay attention to what VO is saying); > • Select the file or files to be moved; > • turn cursor tracking off; > • Make sure that the mouse is on one of the selected files; > • Press down on the trackpad with your thumb and keep it pressed as you > stroke to the right with one finger several times (you can't go too far or > too fast); > • When you release your thumb, you should hear the sound of files dropping. > > You can check that it has worked by going to the Edit menu to see what Undo > is offering. Obviously, if it wasn't what you intended, you can just perform > the Undo command. > > If you have an older MacBook without the multi-touch trackpad as I have, hold > down the trackpad button instead of pressing on the trackpad itself. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
