Hi Oreo, Yes that technique works sometimes! I can't seem to get it to work for renaming busses in the mix window though! ;) any other control click issues you guys want fixed? Its bug submit time! Thanks Chuck
On May 17, 2017, at 11:28 AM, TheOreoMonster wrote: > Hello, > > If you are using a physical 2 button mouse you can just right click, no need > to hold down control. If you are using a trackpad or a one button apple > mouse, then you can hold down control when you do a regular mouse click. > > Regarding the menu disappearing, in those cases in other apps what I found > works is to turn on quick nav then while still holding the mouse down you > can use up and down arrows to read the menu items with VO. > >> On May 17, 2017, at 9:37 AM, Peter Bosher <peter.bos...@btconnect.com> wrote: >> >> Hi again All, >> >> >> So I tried the Oreo Monster's suggestion. When I hold down control and >> right click the physical mouse, VO speaks "Menu, four items, loop audition >> ...". but two questions then arise: how do I even access that menu? it >> disappears when I release the mouse button, so I can't cursor up and down in >> the menu. >> >> >> Second, that menu is probably a context menu for the audition button, rather >> than for the highlighted file, so the problem remains, how to action a file >> that I'm auditioning with up/down arrow? >> >> >> Perhaps there is no other way than counting as you go, and then returning >> with the VO cursor. Can anybody try to replicate this process and see >> whether you find a foolproof method. I feel like foolproof is the >> operative word here, but the hoops we have to jump through ... >> >> >> Best, >> >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> On 16/05/2017 14:27, Slau Halatyn wrote: >>> Hi Peter, >>> OK, that makes more sense. The contextual menu approach might be helpful >>> but, if anything you wish to do involves clicking or dragging, the problem >>> will be that lists of files might not necessarily scroll and thus VoiceOver >>> can be focused on an item that is beyond the boundaries of the workspace's >>> window. I know the Page Up and Down keys do work in workspace windows. The >>> trouble is knowing whether something is truly in view. This is one of the >>> issues I'll be working on shortly with Avid among other things. Keep us >>> posted on your progress. >>> >>> Slau >>> >>>> On May 16, 2017, at 9:18 AM, Peter Bosher <peter.bos...@btconnect.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Slau, and thanks to you and others for replies so far. >>>> >>>> >>>> First, to clarify, I do actually want to route the VO cursor to the >>>> keyboard cursor, so sorry if I added confusion to an already hard to >>>> explain operation. >>>> >>>> >>>> Second, the import file workaround won't do what I wanted, because as >>>> somebody else pointed out, the WorkSpace is the only method which serches >>>> through files on all meta-data and across many folders. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thirdly, I'll try the OreoMonster's right-click idea and report back. >>>> >>>> >>>> Fourthly, here's one more try at explaining the scenario. >>>> >>>> >>>> After searching for, say, heavy rain, or whatever it might be, I have >>>> maybe a hundred results from a large effects library. If I press >>>> 'audition', then I can down arrow, and quickly hear the start of each >>>> file. But, when I find one I need, I want to route the VO-cursor to it, >>>> so that I can use VO-shift-M, which then lets me either spot it to the >>>> edit cursor, or reveal it in finder. At the moment, I have to try to >>>> count down the list, and then re-locate it with the VO-cursor. >>>> >>>> >>>> The right-click method may do the trick and I'll try it ASAP, but if >>>> anybody knows a simpler reliable way, please do say. >>>> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 15/05/2017 20:09, Slau Halatyn wrote: >>>>> Hi Peter, >>>>> The key combination you mention is not used by Flo Tools but, more >>>>> importantly, what that combination does is the opposite of what you're >>>>> saying you're trying to do. It routes VoiceOver to the keyboard focused >>>>> item rather than the other way around. Hope that clears things up. >>>>> Slau >>>>> >>>>>> On May 15, 2017, at 1:02 PM, Peter Bosher <peter.bos...@btconnect.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not sure whether this is a FloTools keystroke conflict, but in my >>>>>> continuing fight to tame the workspace, which I'll explain below in case >>>>>> anyone can help further, I need to route the highlight cursor to the VO >>>>>> cursor. The keystroke for this should be VO-shift-F4, but when I press >>>>>> that VO speaks "presets", and the routing doesn't happen. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Be that as it may, I've been trying for months now to find a really good >>>>>> workflow for auditioning files from the workspace window. Thanks to >>>>>> your suggestions so far, I'm further on than I was, so using hot-spots >>>>>> helps a lot, but still, when I have a hundred or more files to audition, >>>>>> what I'm trying to do is quickly hear the beginning of each file whilst >>>>>> arrowing down. This works, but when I then find a file I want to use, I >>>>>> can't easily use the context-menu to 'reveal in finder' for example, >>>>>> because the VO-cursor doesn't follow the arrowing. That is why I was >>>>>> hoping to route the VO-cursor to the list, but no joy. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> If you're still with me, then thanks for your patience, and can you >>>>>> suggest any work-around or method to make this process more productive? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Peter >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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