Tim, I successfully got rid of it in standard view; thank you very much. I notice now, whoever, that I am unable to VO-J to read the message, and need to either press enter or cmd+O to open the message, interact with the text area, then press cmd-W to close the message. Is this the best way to get around the messages without the preview pane?
Thanks much, Harry On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Harry, > > I'll paste in here my instructions I posted in a different thread with the > steps you can use to get rid of the Preview Pane in Mountain Lion Mail. > > 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. > > HTH. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-08-01, at 1:23 AM, Harry Hogue <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Anne, >> >> Wow -- I just now switched to classic view to see the differences, and it is >> unnerving. I think I will keep standard view for now but will try and move >> the preview panel. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Harry >> >> On Aug 1, 2012, at 1:11 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Harry, >>> >>> You need to get rid of the preview panel. That will stop Mail from opening >>> every message you land on. I'm unable to help you with how to do this for >>> two reasons: I haven't yet upgraded to Mountain Lion and I use Classic View >>> in Mail. >>> >>> However, if you can find the horizontal splitter between the headers and >>> the body of the message, bring the mouse and double click using the >>> trackpad and it might just work. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 1 Aug 2012, at 05:58, Harry Hogue wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, guys, >>>> >>>> I've never changed my Mail preferences at all from when Mail came with my >>>> computer on Snow Leopard, and I haven't changed it for Mountain Lion, >>>> either. When I move to a message or a message thread, the message I am >>>> focused on becomes read, so that VoiceOver will read something like, "Two >>>> message conversation collapsed Triangle, John Smith, The subject here, two >>>> conversation message collapsed disclosure triangle, Jane Doe, subject >>>> here." I hope this isn't too confusing. it's kind of hard to explain. >>>> Basically it marks the current message as read and repeats all of the >>>> thread information a second time, replacing the information with the next >>>> name in the thread. >>>> >>>> Does this make sense? I think this topic has been covered before, but I >>>> don't remember under what thread or what to search for. Help is >>>> appreciated. If someone has a link to the thread I can read it on there. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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]. >> 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. 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