I am not copying a link, I am copying a URL. The reason it is not a link is you cannot click on it. Apparently, it has to do with the e-mail program the sender is using.
On 9/1/2016 11:37 AM, Pamela Dominguez wrote: > When I am trying to copy a link, and I am using the f8, I just press f8 > twice. I don't do anything with the arrow keys. That copies the link. > Pam. > > -----Original Message----- From: Nick Sarames via Talk > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 3:20 AM > To: Tom Kingston ; Window-Eyes Discussion List ; Lloyd Rasmussen > Subject: Re: selecting text > > Occasionally, I receive e-mails with links to various Youtube videos, > except that I only receive the URL without a link to click on. > Generally what I do is copy using the f-8 method and the right arrow > key. While it is tedious, this method is not much more than a minor > annoyance. But here is my question, I have tried copying the link using > the down arrow key (of course, after I have pressed f-8) and it doesn't > always work. This happens especially when the URL is at the bottom of > the e-mail. I have tried placing the cursor above the URL and then down > arrowing, and that seems to copy the text above, instead of the URL. > Have I made this confusing enough? > > On 8/31/2016 9:40 PM, Tom Kingston via Talk wrote: >> Just remember that the F8 selection method is specific to browse mode >> and in both cases (in a browser or an email client) you have to go back >> and forth. >> >> When I'm reading a message in Thunderbird I'm in browse mode and have to >> use the F8 method. But when I'm writing a message I'm not and have to >> use the standard shifted method. Same in a browser. When you're reading >> a page it's F8 and when you exit browse mode to enter text in an edit >> box you have to fall back on the shifted method. >> >> The only constant is when you're in the context pane of a CHM file. then >> you're always in browse mode. >> >> Regards, >> Tom >> >> >> On 8/31/2016 3:24 PM, Lloyd Rasmussen via Talk wrote: >>> If you are in Thunderbird or a web browser, Window-Eyes 9 and above has >>> a different selection method. You essentially define the beginning and >>> end of a block of text with the F8 key. While defining the extent of the >>> block, you use unshifted arrow or control-arro keys. When you have >>> pressed F8 the second time, you are asked whether you want to copy >>> formatted or unformatted text onto the Windows clipboard. Which of those >>> options you choose will depend on what you plan to do with the text >>> next. This is covered in the Window-Eyes Features, Working with the >>> Internet, Selecting Text part of the manual. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD >>> http://lras.home.sprynet.com >>> -----Original Message----- From: Greg Mason via Talk >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:07 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: selecting text >>> >>> I am using a Dell desktop computer. I am unable to select text with >>> control shift right arrow as usual. 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