Hello Ray, Robert did an excellent job summarizing how to do non-contiguous selection in a list. I'll just add that VO-Command-Space is a toggle action -- if you want to undo a selection that you added by mistake (and discovered by reviewing the list of selected files using VO-F6) you can navigate back to the file you want to de-select, press VO-Command-Space again, and then when you review your list of selected items with VO-F6 that file should no longer be listed. VO-Command-Space selects items that are not selected and de-selects items that are selected. The other thing that can be useful in a very long list is locking your VoiceOver keys with VO-semi-colon. Then you move up or down the list with just the up or down arrow keys and select or deselect items by pressing Command-Space bar. To check the selection you just press the F6 key. When you're done, you unlock your VoiceOver keys by pressing semi-colon. This method works to select items in all sorts of lists in addition to files in a Finder list view -- messages in mail, tracks in iTunes, etc.
If you want this written out step by step, check my archived post: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg05301.html (Tips on Non-Contiguous Selection) Cheers, Esther Robert Carter wrote: >Hi Ray, > >When you are in a list of files where you want to do a noncontiguous >selection, do the following. > >1. locate the first file that you want to select and interact with the list >and it will be selected. You can verify this with VO+F6. > >2. Press VO+shift+F3 to turn cursor tracking off. > >3. Hold down the VO keys and move down the list until you get to the next file >that you want to select. > >4. While still holding down the VO keys, Hold down the command key along with >them and press and release the spacebar. This will select the file that you >are sitting on. > >Keep the VO keys down and move on down the list selecting the desired files >with command+space until you have all desired files selected. You can check >that the desired files are selected with VO+F6. You can press command+C to >copy the selected files to the clipboard. Don't do what I usually do and >forget to turn cursor tracking back on with VO+shift+F3 when you are all done. > >Robert Carter > > >On Nov 30, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > >> Hello there, >> >> I was just trying to perform non contiguous file selection and I can't seem >> to do it. I thought maybe holding down the control key would allow me to >> arrow through files and press the space bar to select the ones I really >> wanted. I also tried command+shift+up and down arrow with no success >> either. Any suggestions what I might try next? thanks. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >> >> Now a Mac user!!! >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
