Hi Esther, Afraid this doesn't solve it. I'd tried something similar, (however including the step of interacting first) but to no avail.
Another issue that just (inadvertently) came to light is the following: 1. open Addressbook; 2. simply press command-shift-n to create a new group. NOte this should be tried from outside the groups table. 3. now try navigating to the groups table and try to interact. One can interact, however navigation (for me at least) isn't possible. Afraid I have become rather curious about the Addressbook app now, so I'm trying to break it in different ways. I need to get a life or something <smile> Cheers Dónal On 12 May 2010, at 19:35, Esther wrote: > Hi Dónal, > > You need to use the delete key (without holding down the Control and Option > keys) just after you've created the new group, while it is highlighted, and > before you move around. If you try to go to the group and interact, and then > press the delete key, your Mac will indeed try to delete the group entry. > > If you want to change the name of a group you've created, try the following: > 1. Go to the group you want to edit and interact (e.g., if you were starting > from scratch, you would naviagate to the groups table of Address Book and > interact, then VO down arrow to the entry of interest. > 2. VO-Command-F5 to move the mouse cursor to the VoiceOver cursor > 3. Click with VO-Shift-Space on the group name entry. > 4. Press the delete key and type in the new group name. > > Let us know if this works for you. And, that was a nice write-up of a work > around in Marie's blog. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On 12 May 2010, at 08:14, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> Ah interesting :) OK what happens in this one (for me) is this: >> 1. I go to the group I want to edit; >> 2. I interact with it. Vo says "interacting with edit text" >> 3 I press delete, at which point it tries to delete the group rather than >> the text. >> >> I tried the workaround of: >> 1. finding the group; >> 2. turning off VO; >> 3. pressing "enter" and then deleting. >> >> However this also didn't work. >> >> I'll keep playing with it, but it might be nice if a few others could take a >> look so we can isolate a set of circumstances in which this happens. Might >> not be a bug, just an unexpected "feature". >> >> Cheers >> >> Dónal >> >> On 12 May 2010, at 19:01, marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> oh I hadn't experienced that. Maybe you might want to report it. :) >>> >>> On 12 May 2010, at 18:24, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: >>> >>>> Nice workaround Marie Cheers !:) >>>> >>>> I presume the other part of this bug, namely where pressing the delete key >>>> delets the group rather than editing the name has also been reported to >>>> Apple? >>>> >>>> Dónal >>>> On 12 May 2010, at 18:17, marie Howarth wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is a bug that's been reported to Apple, >>>>> OK, good news, there's a work around. >>>>> Check out this blog and I give instructions how to get around this >>>>> problem in address book. >>>>> http://blindbabbles.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/address-book-a-quick-start/ >>>>> Hope this helps you :) >>>>> >>>>> On 12 May 2010, at 17:54, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Ok I'm having one of those days I'd rather forget, because I've done so >>>>>> many daft things on my machine. Can I blame the exams I've been >>>>>> grading? <smile> >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyways, I'm trying to add a new group in adddressbook. So I've done >>>>>> the following: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. gone to the popup menu, and selected "add new group". >>>>>> 2. tried to give it a name; >>>>>> 3. failed dismally. >>>>>> >>>>>> The problem seems to be that I can't edit the group name. >>>>>> Interestingly, when I go back to the "groups" table and interact, VO >>>>>> seems to be getting confused. It says it's highlighting row two, yet >>>>>> won't allow me to go to a different row. >>>>>> >>>>>> Suggestions welcome... I think I need more tea :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> >>>>>> Dónal >>>>>> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
