Hello, I'm sorry in advance if I'm repeating something already suggested. But, have you tried checking the application chooser to see if there are any dialogs open?
hth Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jun 5, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > Well, I unloaded VO and relaunched without change. Something visually must > have happened. I went into preferences and didn't see anything to modify. I > checked under the view menu and I'm set to view as lists which is what I > wish. So I'm stumped on this one. Thanks. > > Les > On Jun 5, 2013, at 2:38 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Try toggling VO off then on. Sometimes things get messed up by background >> apps not usually visible to VO. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2013-06-05, at 11:43 AM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Well, I've tried all suggestions. The only thing that works besides using >>> the VO arrow combinations is the tab key. >>> >>> Les >>> On Jun 5, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have had to turn Quick Nav on sometimes to navigate the desktop when >>>> this happens. Then, for some weird reason, if I turn it back off again, it >>>> starts working. >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 5, 2013, at 6:20 AM, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sometimes, even that! doesn't seem to always work for me. >>>>> >>>>> Chris. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: Gavin Grundlingh >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 6:38 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: Navigating the Desktop >>>>> >>>>> I find that, if ever something like this happens to me, tabbing between >>>>> the various desktop items seems to sort things out. After tabbing once or >>>>> twice, I can usually go back to using the arrow keys. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Gavin Grundlingh >>>>> Primary Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 >>>>> Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 >>>>> Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 >>>>> Primary Email: [email protected] >>>>> Secondary Email: [email protected] >>>>> Skype: Batworx >>>>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/gavin.grundlingh >>>>> Twitter: @Batworx >>>>> >>>>> On 05 Jun 2013, at 12:26 PM, "Chris Gilland" <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have always! found desktop navigation to be really spiratic. Sometimes >>>>> I can't even vo+left and right arrow. I have to command tab away from >>>>> the finder to another app, then back to the finder again, then! things >>>>> start working as they should. >>>>> >>>>> I made Apple aware of this, but even the engineers were totally baffled >>>>> as to why this was happening. They were! able to reproduce the spiratic >>>>> behavior, but just are really puzzled as to a sollution, and as to why in >>>>> the first place it's doing this. They did promise me though that they'd >>>>> keep researching it. >>>>> >>>>> Chris. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Kriegler" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:07 AM >>>>> Subject: Navigating the Desktop >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> When I access the Finder window, I have two items, Macintosh HD and my >>>>> external disk drive shown. I always arrowed using up and down arrows to >>>>> highlight either drive. Now, for some reason, I hear nothing when using >>>>> the down arrow key to move from Macintosh HD to my external disk drive. >>>>> I have to use VO Right arrow to highlight the external drive. How can I >>>>> change this back to the way it was? 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