Ah! I think you might have cracked the code. haha!! I just checked my settings, and I have show the Voiceover cursor unchecked, and I was able to drag and drop with little or no problems.
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 27, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Eureka!!! At least for me anyway. I thought that it was possibly VO cursor > related and it appears that the issue has something to do with the > magnification of the VoiceOver Cursor. In the VoiceOver Utility, in the > visuals category under the VoiceOver Cursor tab, all my machines were set to > show the VO Cursor but the magnifications were slightly different. My MacPro > at work was set to one and my MBP was set to three. So, I changed the MBP to > one, like the MacPro, and I was now able to add items to the Favourites Bar > and drop them specifically somewhere within the Bar as well. > > VO is not particularly helpful, though, for me in the process of getting rid > of items off the Favourites Bar, because it won't drag items with press > action. This is what I do to get rid of items rom the Favourites Bar. I use > VO to navigate to the item I wish removed, press VO-cmd-f5 to make sure that > my mouse is focused there as well, then press down on my mouse or trackpad > and physically just drag it down and out of the bar. You only need to do > this a short distance, then release the button and you'll hear a swoosh like > when something falls off your dock. > > I hope this is of some help to Brian, Jürgen and others, if not, please let > me know and I'll see if anything else makes a difference. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-05-27, at 11:08 AM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There has to be some setting that is not obvious or some configuration >> option. It just seems strange that some of us are having little to no >> problems while others are not able to do it at all. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, [email protected] >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> >> On May 27, 2013, at 2:40 AM, Nicholas Parsons >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My 2 cents: >>> >>> • I have all the same relevant settings as John. >>> • I can successfully drag and drop mailboxes to the favourites bar on both >>> my iMac and MacBook Air. Just tested now on my MacBook Air and it worked >>> first time. >>> • I interact with the mailbox list before dragging, but not with the >>> mailbox itself. >>> • I can drag and drop collapsed mailboxes such as sent, archived etcetera. >>> However, I think I may have had to interact with them first. >>> • I interact with the favourites bar before dropping and use VO-SHIFT-COMMA >>> or VO-SHIFT-PERIOD to drop it before or after another mailbox in my >>> favourites bar. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nic >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
