Hi Donna and anybody else who might be interested! Well I've just got a track pad yesterday and was playing around with it when [just by chance] in mail I was scrolling the header list like subject,from,date, mailbox! And without taking my finger off the track pad I pressed the control key and sure enough it went into the message text and I could go through the message and again without taking my finger off pressing the control key put me back on the message headings! Then I could scroll up and down through each message! So I think [I could be wrong ] you might have been tapping the track pad with the control key pressed so just try pressing the control key whilst still on the track pad! hth Colin PS. Still a lot to learn on the track pad!
On 10 Jul 2011, at 15:12, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Esther, > > thanks for this info. I knew that there are some gestures that are > different from or not present on the iPhone, so I'm sure I'll find the help > section very useful. > > I'm really surprised that there isn't a way to open an email message using > the trackpad. that seems like a major oversight, particularly given that > this obviously works on the iPhone. It's interesting, too, because > doubletapping does work for opening an app. But, at least I know I wasn't > missing something, either in regards to this or having all columns of the > messages table read (another major oversight imho) > Cheers, > Donna > > On Jul 9, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Donna, >> >> 1. There's a section in the VoiceOver Getting Started Guide (Chapter 11 on >> Using VoiceOver Gestures) that describes using TrackPad Commander. Use VO-H >> to bring up the help menu and press "g" to go to the "Getting Started Guide" >> and return. Open the web item rotor with VO-U and press "g e s" to get the >> two relevant sections (Chapter 11 and Appendix A listing the Commands and >> Gestures). If you want the list of standard gestures, go directly to >> Appendix A and navigate to the section on "VoiceOver standard gestures". >> (I'd use VO-U for the web rotor and press "s t".) A lot of these will be >> familiar to you from using the iPhone, but there are some other ones like >> going to the dock or menu bar (two finger double tap near bottom or top of >> trackpad), or opening the application or window chooser menus (two finger >> double tap along left or right sides of the trackpad), and changing how >> VoiceOver reads text (word, line, sentence, paragraph) by pressing the >> Command key while your finger touches the trackpad, that are different. >> >> 2. I don't know of a way to get all the columns in the messages table >> announced at once with TrackPad commander. >> >> 3. I press return to open a message in mail >> >> I'm probably not the best person to answer your questions. Maybe somebody >> else can give you better answers. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> >> On Jul 9, 2011, at 07:18, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've finally decided to spend some time messing with the trackpad >>> commander, and have a couple of questions. >>> >>> 1. Is there any way to view a list of commands? when I go into the assign >>> Commands table I can see the gestures, but none of the commands are >>> displayed. >>> >>> 2. How do I navigate in Mail? Single-finger flicking takes me out of the >>> messages table unless I interact, and if I interact, VO only reads the >>> column that I'm on. I'd like to be able to hear all columns like I do when >>> not using the trackpad commander. >>> >>> 3. How do I open a message in mail? I would have thought you would do >>> this with a double-tap like on the iPhone, but that isn't working. >>> Thanks, >>> Donna >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
