Hi, Thanks a lot for this, Cara and Josh. I've always been wanting to know how to do this. :)
Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: cincinster On Jun 18, 2010, at 12:42 AM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Hi Mary; > > While the process to rearrange columns is somewhat annoying in my opinion, > :) it is really a set it and forget it type of thing, so once you do it you > really need not do it again. I.E. these settings will persist over newer > versions of Mail as well as entire OS updates or restorations from backups. > > Here's an excerpt (below) from a post from Josh De Lioncourt on this, which > is how I learned it. :) Thanks Josh! -Just a note of my own though, I'm > actually able to avoid many of these steps now and simply do this free-hand > with the trackpad as I have VO set to speak what's under the mouse with no > delay. So I go to the top of the table as Josh says and route my mouse cursor > to VO. then, I do everything else just by using the trackpad. VO allows me to > locate the button I'd like, and I then hold down the trackpad button and move > left or right, depending on where I'd like to move the column. There is guess > work here with this approach though, as VO doesn't seem to want to read while > I'm dragging, so I first note where the columns are currently, and then move > appropriately. So Josh's solution may offer more feedback when you get to > this point. Best of luck and enjoy! > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > ---Josh's post follows--- > > > If you're comfortable using the mouse or trackpad, you can actually do this > on your own. I just figured out how. Here's the steps. > > Move to the top of the messages table and, while interacting with it, > navigate to the status column, which is one of those that says "blank". Then > do this: > > 1. Move the mouse to VO cursor with VO-Command-F5 > > 2. Lock the VO keys with VO-Semicolon > > 3. Move the mouse/trackpad slowly upward while repeatedly pressing F5 to > hear what's under the mouse. Eventually, you will hear "Status sort button". > I don't know of anyway to get to these directly with VO, but VO does > recognize them. These are the column headers and you will notice that they > exist for all the columns. > > 4. Physically hold down the mouse button and slowly drag to the right. You > will pass over the other sort buttons. If you move off course above or > below, you can adjust and find the sort buttons again. Once you've passed > all the columns, let go of the mouse button. You will know it is safe to do > this because VO will report the "Status Sort button" is under your mouse > instead of the others. > > It's not an elegant, or even great, solution, but it works if you're > comfortable with the mouse. I drag-and-drop like this all the time when the > VO D&D doesn't get the job done. I just did this in mail and now have the > Status column to the far right and out of the way. > > > > > Josh de Lioncourt > Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt > > > "The rich declare themselves poor, > "And most of us are not sure, > "If we have too much, > "But we'll take our chances, > "'cause God stopped keeping score." > Praying for Time--George Michael > > > > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > On Jun 17, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Hi Cara, > In a recent message you noted that it is possible to reorder the columns in > the messages table. I see in the view menu where you can eliminate some > although message status isn't one of them, sadly. But I don't see where you > can reorder them, e.g. I want subject first, furtherst to the left in the > row, such that it will be the first thing read when moving through the table > as you described to Dave. Tab to the preview pane, read the message, delete > it and you're moved back to the messages table. then you have to listen to > the message status and the sender's info before you hear the next subject. > I'd like to not hear message status and would like subject prior to sender. > Not a big deal unless you've got hundreds of emails backed up, I suppose. but > it would be nice. > > Mary > > -- > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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