The idea is to drag the horizontal splitter to the bottom of the screen. This is why you have to bring the mouse to the splitter before pressing down on the trackpad.
Cheers, Anne > On 6 Feb 2015, at 23:50, Dionipher Presas Herrera <dionip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i don't get this one, what will i do on the splitter? > On 03 Feb 2015, at 12:19 pm, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > >> Hello Keith, >> >> Here’s how to disable the preview pane. >> >> Put Mail into classic view by opening Mail preferences (Cmd-Comma) and >> selecting Viewing in the toolbar then checking the Use classic layout check >> box. >> Close Mail preferences and navigate to the messages table. >> Do not interact with the messages table but press VO-Down Arrow. >> You should be on a horizontal splitter. >> Make sure the Trackpad commander is off. >> Bring the mouse. >> Press down on the bottom edge of the trackpad with one finger, and use >> another finger to stroke the trackpad toward you. >> There should be nothing below the horizontal splitter the next time you >> press VO-Down Arrow. >> >> Sometimes it takes several attempts to get it right. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> , >> >>> On 3 Feb 2015, at 11:06, Keith Hinton <keithint1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks. >>> I can't figure out how to stop mail that I'm arrowing thorugh from >>> automatically being opened and marked as read. >>> I would like this behavior to be turned off. >>> when I asked another friend of mine who has worked with Mail longer than >>> I have, he said I coudl disable the preview pain, but that it was tricky to >>> do. >>> He said I would have to find the vertical splitter next to the messages >>> column, and then route the mouse pointer to that splitter, and then click >>> and drag starte down with the trackpad. >>> Why I can't simply interact witht he splitter using VoiceOver from the >>> keyboard, I don't know. >>> I've tried to do as he instructed using the track pad, but when I released >>> the track pad and the mouse popped up, my focus landed in the finder >>> completely and I was booted out of hte mail window despite having routed >>> the mouse pointer to the splitter. >>> ANy ideas on what I did wrong? >>> If it helps, I am not used to using my Mac's track pad at all, and hardly >>> even use it. >>> I rely exclusively on VoiceOver keyboard commands rather than the track >>> pad in most cases. >>> If it helps, I mpressed command option f5 to route the mouse to the >>> splitter, pressed the track pad somewhere near the top of the thing, >>> dragged one finger strate down to the end of the thing, let up, then got >>> booted back in to the finder. >>> So I wonder if I need to do something other htan that? >>> Do I need to hold down the otpion key as well? >>> I recall needing ot hold down the otpion key in addition to clicking on the >>> track pad when accessing the Dropbox menu, and without option things didn't >>> work properly with trackpad clicking. >>> So, I wonder if that's the only thing I'm doing wrong? >>> Or maybe my finger somehow found the finder? >>> VoiceOVer didn't tel me before letting off that I'd land there, that's >>> just where the click took me. >>> So there we go. >>> Am I missing something here? >>> And, which vertical splitter? >>> My firend wasn't too clear. >>> There are two vertical splitters next to the messages column control in >>> Mail, to either side of it. >>> One on the left and one on the right. >>> Which controls the preview pain, I'm not sure. >>> Thanks for any suggestions on how to accomplish this dragging task. >>> I've never really understood what the vertical splitter controls visually >>> do. >>> Seeing that I'm totally blind I know that's a bit silly to maybe ask, but >>> I'm curious visually what those controls do.? >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. 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