Hi all. When i read this post, i get the feeling we are getting forms mode back again, and i who so wanted to avoid this. It seems, judging by Chriss's description as if this quick nab/single letter navigation feature is quite pointless. Why do i keep hearing a voice in my head saying: "Welcome to Jawsover"?
/Krister 22 jul 2011 kl. 04:44 skrev Jenny Wood: > This is absolutely awesome! Thank you very much for the info! > > -- > > Jenny Wood > Phone: (972) 989-3894 > Email: kc5...@gmail.com > Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni > > > > > On Jul 21, 2011, at 8:03 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> OK, here's what you do. >> >> Firwstly and foremost, bring up Safari. >> >> Now, there's a little gotcha to this. Let me see if I can explain this. >> >> The problem you're gonna have is Under the voiceover utility, there is a >> category called commanders. Now, you have a fourth tab under there called >> quick nav. The problem is If you simply go under here and check the box to >> enable quick nav, what this does is, it sets things so that quick nav is by >> default enabled. This would mean it would be as if you had hit the >> left/right arrows together and turned it on. Now that it's enabled you can >> also vo+down in this screen and tell it to use single letter navigation. Now >> this all looks great doesn't it. Well, there's a little catch to this >> though that most people don't think about. >> >> Maybe I'm just too thorough, but I caught this issue pretty well, right away. >> >> Here's the thing. If you enable quick nav through here. You're doing it >> globally. >> >> In other words, If you enable quick nav through here, that's gonna turn it >> on regardless! where in lion you are. this can be incredibly! annoying! >> There surely are some apps you don't want/need quick nav enabled. Well, so >> fine, turn it off in those apps. Yeah, you say that... then try going back >> to Safari, and watch. There goes your quick nav in there, too. Now your >> letter nav doesn't work anymore. >> >> So, what's the sollution? Simple! >> >> What I've! done, personally, is I've opened up Safari, then made an Activity >> and attached it to Safari individually. Then when setting it up, I chose to >> keep other settings. It's a check box in there. Once I checked that box >> under the activity category, I hit vo+right arrow, and went over to quick >> nav and checked the box. Then I hit vo+space on the set quick nav button. >> Now in here, I told it to use Quick nav, and letter navigation. Then I >> attached the activity to safari.app. So, now, what happens is, if I am not >> in Safari, quick nav isn't on. the minute I either launch it, or command >> tab, or whatever into it, magically, Quick nav now is enabled and my single >> letters work. >> >> One more thing to know. >> >> If you have quick nav on in Safari, then as soon as you reach a text box, >> say like the google search box, or say, a place to enter on a form your >> name, etc. If you have quick nav on but single letter off, this problem >> won't exist, same goes if quick nav's off totally. but if quick nav, *and!* >> single letter are on, as most people would probably want it to be, then, >> what you're gonna have to do is, you're gonna have to, once vo is focused on >> the text box, then, vo+shift+down arrow, and interact with the text box. I >> know, normally, you don't interact with text boxes, but trust me with this. >> If you don't do that first, then voiceover is going to intercept everything >> you type as a quick nav command. When done typing, stop interacting with >> vo+shift+up arrow, then you're on your merry way, and can continue >> navigating as normal. >> >> The final thing is, when quick nav and single letter both are on, if you >> vo+space, or up+down arrow, either/or, on a popup menu in a web site, be >> aware that first letter navigation won't work. For this, I suggest once the >> box is opened and dropped down, hit left+right arrows to turn off quick nav. >> Hit your first letter navigation or whatever, pick your option with >> vo+space, then turn quick nav back on with left+right arrows. Again, that's >> only if you obviously want! to use first letter nav in a popup that may be >> really big. >> >> Otherwise, don't worry about it. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "chad baker" <baker3...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:20 PM >> Subject: single letter navigation >> >> >>> hi is there a way to do single letter navigation can't find it >>> thanks >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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