Rebecca, Thanks for this info. Seems to me a sort of bug. But nice to know a workaround. |I have mine set to show all folders, so there is no problem here.
And mostly I am using Xplorer2, a windows explorer replacement. Regards, Marten On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 14:06:27 -0500 Rebecca Lineberger via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > In Window-Eyes, as we arrowed down through a list of folders or files, W-E > would give the position of the selected item in the list: > > 1 of 50, 15 of 50, 40 of 50, etc. > > I also have my verbosity setting in Kurzweil set to give me this information > as well, just because I was used to having it in W-E. > > In JAWS, by pressing the insert-up arrow keys for "say current line," JAWS > would give me a position. The same with insert-tab. But I found that the > information was often incorrect. The insert-page down keys would always tell > me correctly that there were 50 items. > > There is no "count" option listed in the quick settings menu when in File > Explorer. > > Presumably W-E and JAWS access information in different ways, so I went > prowling around looking for a possible solution. IN Documents, I went to the > file menu, folder options, then to the view tab. In the tree view of > settings, there is a checkbox for "show all folders". Mine was not checked. > When I checked this, JAWS gets the position right. I'm using the Fall > Creator, first 1703 and now 1709. I can't say what is available in earlier > versions of Windows. > > > > Perhaps most people will find the item position of no value, but some > migrating from W-E might miss it. Smile. > > This is just my solution and perhaps there is another setting somewhere in > JAWS that would take care of this. I'm still learning, so if there is, > please pass it along. > > Just thought this might be of interest. > > Rebecca > > Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to > you. > > Aldous Huxley > > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/martenpu%40xs4all.nl. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
