Hi Lisette, To make folders you place in the dock viewable with VoiceOver, navigate to the folder in the dock and bring up your context menu (VO-shift-m). VO-down arrow though the options and set this to View content as "List" by pressing either VO-Space or the Return key. Or if you are using TrackPad commander to navigate, double tap on the folder, then flick down to the "Options" submenu and either flick right or double tap to bring up the submenu, then flick down through the options and when you are at "List" double tap.
This is also something that new VoiceOver users or anyone who has a new computer with a clean install of an operating system will have to do to make their Downloads folder viewable. In order to be most usable with VoiiceOver, folders placed in the Dock should be set to Display as "Folder" and View content as "List". The default settings for the Downloads folder in the Dock are: Sort by "Date Added", Display as "Stack", and View content as "Fan". It's not possible for VoiceOver to navigate the options when the content is viewed as "Fan", so you must minimally use the VO-shift-m keyboard shortcut to set the content to view content as "List", even if you prefer to use TrackPad Commander gestures. When I am in the Dock, I also prefer to use Fn-down arrow and up arrow to move between the applications section, the files and folders that have been placed in the dock to the right of the separator (which in Mavericks uses the new shortcut of Control-Command-Shft-t), and the Trash. To move to the first item in the Dock (Finder) or the last item (Trash), I use Fn-Left arrow and Right arrow when in the Dock. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:44:38 AM UTC-10, Lisette wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have my documents and pictures folders in the dock for easy access. They > only appear to be viewable as a grid in there. I know I can show in finder, > but is there a way to have them display as a list in the dock? Or is this not > possible? > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > > Lisette -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
