OK,

I have all cursors tracking. That is, keyboard focus follows Voiceover, VO 
cursor follows keyboard focus, insertion point follows VO, mouse pointer 
follows VO.

Oh wait. I just did something dumb. Never mind. I should maybe actually do this 
with Lion. LOL
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On Apr 15, 2012, at 9:09 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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. 
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>> 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
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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