This problem has come up several times before. The solution I and others have found is to go into VoiceOver settings and set the mouse cursor to ignore the VO cursor. If the mouse cursor is currently set to follow the VO cursor, then when you move around in menus, the mouse cursor goes with it and causes all kinds of weird behavior, especially jumping back to the Apple menu as you described. Sent from my IPhone
> On Dec 30, 2024, at 1:48 PM, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i’m experiencing some very erratic behavior on this Mac mini (MacOS Monterey > 12.7.6). When attempting to navigate menus via several applications, I find > focus to be inexplicably jumping back to the “Apple” menu list. > > For example, when in the native mail application I occasionally choose to > save a message as a text file. However, in selecting the “File” menu and > navigating down to the “Save As’ selection, I find focus jumping back to the > “Apple” menu. And the mail application is not the only such afflicted > program. And the “File” menu list is not the only such afflicted item. > > Does anyone have suggestions they might offer? > > TIA > > > ************ > - Bill from Northern Wisconsin > - “I think and think for months and years.” > - “Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false.” > - “The hundredth time I am right.” > Albert Einstein > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/81E95C2F-4685-4F85-A994-31AE78DEFA9B%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/4DCC6A5C-3C53-4EDA-AA36-C5DC1664087A%40gmail.com.
