I just tried this and was unable to reproduce on my MacBook. Did you interact did you simulate a single click as I implied from your message? Please provide step by step including what your tracking settings in Voice Over settings are...
Thanks, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn [email protected] On Apr 15, 2012, at 8:54 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Hi, > > If you're in the new mail view, and not classic, it's the vertical splitter > that hides the preview pane. And, indeed, you can double click with > VO+shift+space to move it. I just did, both to open and to close the preview > pane. > > I can't say how this works with classic view though, sorry. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > On Apr 15, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> >> Double-clicking on the horizontal splitter with VO-Shift-Space (e.g., by >> holding down the Control, Option, and Shift keys while double tapping the >> space bar) used to work in Leopard to hide the Preview pane. I think this >> ability went away in Snow Leopard. There are definitely other examples of >> instances where you need a "hardware" key click to work. I think that you >> may be able to press the "5" key on the numeric keypad with NumPad Commander >> to click, as well, but since I use a laptop I'd have to attach a USB numeric >> keypad to try this. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Apr 15, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >>> I do find that moving through messages is more responsive with the preview >>> pane turned off. Interesting that the voiceover click mouse command doesn't >>> work here, but it definitely does not. >>> On Apr 15, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Esther wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Anne, >>>> >>>> Just as an added comment, in situations like this one, where I want to >>>> make sure that the mouse pointer doesn't move when I double click, and a >>>> physical click with trackpad or mouse is required, I use mouse keys >>>> instead to perform the click. After routing my mouse cursor to the >>>> VoiceOver cursor with VO-Command-F5, I quickly press the option key 5 >>>> times to turn on mouse keys, then I double tap the "i" key instead of >>>> performing a double click with mouse or trackpad, and turn mouse keys off >>>> again by quickly pressing the option key 5 times. As you know, this >>>> requires having the box in the System Preferences > Universal Access > >>>> Mouse & Trackpad tab checked for "Press the Option key five times to turn >>>> Mouse Keys on or off". This will work whether or not Trackpad Commander >>>> is turned off. Also, you can additionally check the option for "Ignore >>>> built-in trackpad when Mouse Keys is on" if you press (with VO-Space) the >>>> button for "Trackpad Options…" on the Mouse & Trackpad tab of the >>>> Universal Access menu of System Preferences in Lion. >>>> >>>> This is for cases where people have difficulty with clicking the mouse or >>>> trackpad without moving the pointer, but it's useful in general to know. >>>> It's most useful when using applications which are transitioning in >>>> accessibility, where neither VO-Space or VO-Shift-Space will work to click >>>> on controls, and you need to perform physical clicks. Turning mouse keys >>>> on and clicking with the "i" key always works as an alternative in these >>>> instances. >>>> >>>> HTH. Cheers, >>>> >>>> Esther >>>> >>>> On Apr 15, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Franc, >>>>> >>>>> First of all, you need to be in classic view to do this. You also need to >>>>> have the Trackpad Commander turned off. >>>>> >>>>> Go to the horizontal splitter above the body of the message using the VO >>>>> keys, then bring the mouse (VO-Cmd-F5) and double click using either the >>>>> trackpad or the mouse, depending on what kind of computer you have. If >>>>> you move the mouse pointer even slightly before the double click, it >>>>> won't work. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Anne >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 15 Apr 2012, at 16:10, Frank Ventura wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, I am using a Mac with the latest of Lion. Can anyone tell me how >>>>>> to disable the preview pane in Mac mail. I had some old directions for, >>>>>> I think, Leopard but they don't seem to work. >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> Frank >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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