Hi Grant and All, If one uses the right option key in web navigation, will it interfere with using the right option key (if set) in keyboard commanders to create shortcuts? I didn't know if the right option key worked independently in different apps. I'm just curious.
Thanks. Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Grant <grant.li...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I believe Yuma is referring to VoiceOver’s fast searching feature. This can > be enabled from within VoiceOver utility (press CTRL+OPTION+F8 to get in > there). The setting you want, “enable fast searching”, is in the navigation > section. Once you turn this on, you could, for example, go to www.apple.com, > hit CMD+W, and you’ll land on the watch link. Only one COMMAND KEY is used > for fast searching, which is the right COMMAND KEY by default. This leaves > the left one to perform normal functions, such as CMD+W to close the window. > > As a note, here is a couple navigation tips that are often overlooked: > > 1. As of OS X Yosemite, you can use many standard navigation and text > selection commands, such as UP and DOWN ARROW KEYS, to navigate through web > pages in addition to VoiceOver’s commands. For the most part, you can use a > combination of standard text navigation commands and VoiceOver commands > depending on whichever are more convenient at a given moment.. > > 2. Recall that there are many built-in navigation commands as well such as > VO+CMD+L to navigate by link, VO+T to navigate by table, and VO+CMD+J to move > through controls. Adding SHIFT reverses the direction of any of these > commands. You can also use VO+F to find a text string and move to the > relevant element containing that string. VO+G and VO+SHIFT+G will find the > next or previous instance of that string. > > 3. As was pointed out by another lister, you can configure whether TAB and > SHIFT+TAB move through links and form fields, or only form fields, from > Safari’s advanced preferences. I’ll add another tip: you can use OPTION+TAB > and OPTION+SHIFT+TAB to reverse this setting. So, if you have TAB and > SHIFT+TAB setup to move through links and form controls, then using > OPTION+TAB and OPTION+SHIFT+TAB is a great way to move through forms. > > Hope this helps. > > Grant > > On Jun 17, 2015, at 8:43 AM, Christopher Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Uma, > > Thank you so much for this. This info you've provided is excellent! Where > do I set that with the right command key for fast searching? I know I've > seen it, I just can't for the life of me recall where. > > Chris. > > -- > 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.
