Hi, The method that I originally outlined to get rid of the Preview Pane was for the non-Classic layout and have since found to be a little inconsistent. I did some testing and will outline my new method both for Classic and non-Classic layouts. This process has worked for me numerous times.
1. Removing the Preview Pane in Classic layout: • Navigate to the Horizontal Splitter that is to the right of the Messages table. • Press VO-cmd-f5 (add FN if needed). This will bring the mouse to the VO cursor and announce where the mouse is and it should read "Horizontal Splitter". • Double-click on your Trackpad or alternatively, you can press near the top of the Trackpad and drag to the bottom. Make sure in this case that you actually make the Trackpad button depress so that the drag action will work. 2. Removing the Preview Pane for non-Classic layout: • Navigate to the Vertical Splitter just to the right of the Messages Column Group. • Press VO-cmd-f5 (add FN if necessary) to bring the mouse to the VO cursor. It will announce Vertical Splitter if it did what it was supposed to do. • Double-click on the Trackpad or alternatively, put your finger near the left hand side of the Trackpad, then drag to the far right and release. As in the first case, make sure that you depress the Trackpad button so that the dragging process will occur. Note that in the Classic layout, you are dealing with a Horizontal Splitter and in the non-Classic layout, you are dealing with a Vertical Splitter. Each case requires a different dragging direction if you choose that option. There are a couple of ways of determining if it worked. Firstly, you can navigate around the Mail screen and if you don't hear anything about "Message Content Area", life is good. The second method is a little more complicated but tells you for sure. In Classic layout, navigate to the Horizontal Splitter to the right of the "New Mailbox Action" menu. You'll notice two Horizontal splitters, one after the Messages Table and this one that I'm talking about. Once you've located this Horizontal Splitter, Interact with it and press VO-down. Vo will announce "Collapsed" which is what you want to hear. In non-Classic layout, navigate to the Vertical Splitter just to the right of the Messages Column Group and Interact with it. Press VO-right and VO will announce "Collapsed" if the Preview pane is gone. Hope this is clear enough. Sorry for the long-windedness. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-07-27, at 3:33 PM, Veronica Elsea <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone. > Two things to ask about. > I am using imap and have ML mail set to classic view. > 1. Still scrounging around for what I goofed up from yesterday's message > about getting rid of preview pane. In between the mailboxes table and the > messages table I have three things, new mailbox, hide mail activity button > and mailboxes action menu button. I assumed that if I moved the only vertical > splitter I found to 100 per cent, everything would look familiar, but that > hasn't happened at my house. Any thoughts? > Second, yes, I can jump between the mailbox and message tables with Vo-J, but > I somehow like the simplicity of the tab key. In addition, I find it easier > when encountering the other thing that is apparently not yet fixed. > 2. In the first mailbox I check, VO reads all of the status columns just > fine, message subject, from, date. But when I change mailboxes, Vo just says > image. I either have to turn VO off and back on to hear columns read > properly, or tab and shift-tab for each message. > How do the rest of you who have many mailboxes get around this? > Thanks. > > Veronica > > -- > Watch and hear Veronica Elsea's Prayer for a Soldier at > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFoIhWrBHFI > Then find more music from Veronica Elsea and The Guide Dog Glee Club at: > http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com > Veronica Elsea, Owner > Laurel Creek Music Designs > Santa Cruz, California > Phone: 831-429-6407 > > -- > 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.
