What if you are like me and do not have a full keyboard? How can the same task be accomplished?
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 20, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: > > Yes, VO doesn't always focus on the item for the shortcut menu. You can press > option-enter to download a linked file. Also, if you go into accessibility > preferences with 5 times command-option-f5, you can enable mouse keys. This > is a function that doesn't depend on vO, and uses the numpad to move the > mouse pointer. You can toggle it on and off by pressing the option key five > times quickly. Once you have mouse keys on, you can press control-numpad-5 on > the link to do a right-mouse-click. This second method is a good option for > me, since I always have mouse keys enabled. > > Hth, > teresa > “The golden age of science fiction is twelve.”—Pete graham > >> On Mar 20, 2014, at 12:53 AM, David Taylor <e.david.tay...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> What is causing it, I'm not sure, but here's what to do about it. If you >> want to download a file, hit return. It will not appear to do anything, but >> the download will start automatically, and just appear in your downloads >> folder. If you want to open it in a new window, hit option return. Must >> admit, I never use the context menus unless I have to as I usually find the >> OS built in methods more reliable. One further tip, you can either navigate >> to the downloads list, or go to your dock and find the downloads folder, and >> while a download is in progress, it will tell you how far along it is. >> >> Cheers >> Dave >> >>> On 20 Mar 2014, at 07:43, Sarah Sackville McLauchlan >>> <phantom.va...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all! Wonder if anyone else has had this problem and can help? Anyway, >>> sometimes, when I'm on the web, I'll land on a link and press VO+shift+m >>> because I want to download a file or open the link in a new window. But, >>> instead of getting a menu with those options in it, I'll get one instead >>> with back, reload page, open in dashboard, etc,. And I can't figure out >>> any way to get it to give me the menu I want again! Does anyone else know >>> what I'm talking about, and has anyone actually figured out what to do >>> about it? Thanks hugely if you have! This is driving me nuts! >>> >>> Ok, thanks in advance, >>> Sarah >>> >>> = Amy McLauchlan = Radical Dark Dreamer! >>> >>> http://www.reverbnation.com/radicaldarkdreamer >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/radicaldarkdreamer >>> >>> http://amymclauchlan.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
