Thanks. I did know about that and I use it a lot, but it requires quicknav, which I tend to avoid when possible. Also, sometimes quicknav keys fump you out of the page, particularly form fields when they jump you to the location/search box. The vo-u command is more concise, faster to navigate, and will not move you to some other part of the screen. Of course, I do use single-key navigation a good deal, but the above annoyances have made me use the dedicated rotor keystroke more and more, especially on google. On Oct 6, 2012, at 7:41 PM, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]> wrote:
> HI Alex > Just to add to your explanation of the web rotar: if you set single key > navigation to on, you don't even have to press vo-u. You can just press h for > heading, and be immediately in the heading part of the rotar where you can > repeat the h to move by headings, or use down arrow if you prefer. L is for > links, b for buttons etc. I always use single key navigation that way and > never the vo-u method now and it's really excellent. Sometimes I will press h > and then flick up and down on my track pad by headings which I have just set > using the h. > You probably knew about this already but just in case you didn't I thought > you might like to play with it. > Lisette > > On 3/10/2012, at 3:36 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I'm back for another in my unintentional Newbie Tips series, where I explain >> something I just found that I wish I'd known months ago. >> >> This time it's the web rotor, available in any "html content" item. When vo >> is focused in one of these, press vo-u to bring up the web rotor. Left and >> right arrows will move you through the different items available (you can >> set which ones you see in the vo utility under web). Each time you >> left/right arrow to a category, vo tells you how many of that item are on >> the page. You then use up and down arrows to move through the list of that >> item. For instance, you might do a google search, then bring up the web >> rotor and arrow to headings. Use up and down arrows in the headings list to >> move through your search results. Pressing space or vo-space on any item >> will jump you to it, but will not open it, even if it is a link. So, if you >> are arrowing along and find a link in the rotor list, press space on it and >> vo will jump to it. You must vo-space again to actually open the link. >> >> This looks like a really neat tool and one I will certainly be using more >> now that I know about it. As always, if I have made any errors, please >> correct me so we don't have bad information getting spread around. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- 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.
