Sorry, guys; I couldn't remember which drag-and-drop method I'd used to do this. I'm pretty sure it was indeed the older method. Yesterday I had to use that method to add a folder to the favorites bar, and the new one was finding neither the draggable item nor the place to drop it.
Teresa On Aug 6, 2011, at 4:42 AM, André Nuno Soares wrote: > Hello Paul, > > I was only able to drag a folder away from the favorites bar using the old > drag and drop method: > Move the VO cursor over to the folder you want to remove, in the Favorites > bar. > Move the mouse cursor to where the VO cursor is with VO Command F5 > Press the mouse button down with VO Command space bar > Stop interacting with the Favorites bar and move the VO cursor to the > Mailboxes table. > Move again the mouse cursor to the VO cursor with VO Command F5 > Release the down mouse button with VO Command Space bar. > > And that's it. > > Hope it helps, > André > > On Aug 6, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > >> Hi Teresa and list, >> >> That is clear so far. How would you go about removing an item from the >> favorites bar? I spent some time yesterday, trying to figure it out, but >> while making an alias to a mailbox inside the favorites bar is easy now that >> I know how to do it, it is not as easy to undo that. Any idea how that can >> be done? I'm asking because the favorites bar has a few items by default, >> that I want to remove. >> >> Paul. >> On Aug 5, 2011, at 7:17 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >> >>> Hi, Paul, >>> >>> The favorites bar contains shortcuts or "aliases" to the actual mailboxes. >>> What you will want to do is use VO drag-and drop. Move the item from the >>> favorites bar to the mailbox list with VO-comma and VO-period to drag and >>> drop respectively. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Teresa >>> On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Brian and list, >>>> >>>> I managed to drag my private inbox to the favorites bar, so that it is >>>> easily reachable. I learned how to do that on this list. It is very >>>> useful, given the command 1 etc options. But now, is it possible to remove >>>> an item present in the favorites bar? There is an aggregate inbox that I'd >>>> like to get rid of, and also the sent items item is of little use to me in >>>> the favorites bar. Here's what I tried so far. >>>> 1. Delete and fn delete, with the v o cursor on the mailbox to remove, in >>>> the favorites bar. . However, since mail cannot know where the voiceover >>>> cursor is, this won't do it. >>>> 2. I moved the mouse to the favorites bar and to the mailbox I wanted to >>>> remove. V o command f5 gets the mouse pointer over to where the v o cursor >>>> is. I checked the mouse position with v o f5. Then, I held down control >>>> and pressed down the bottom left corner of the trackpad. This won't remove >>>> the mailbox intended, from the favorites bar though. Option click won't >>>> either. >>>> 3. Having the mouse on the mailbox name I want to remove from the >>>> favorites bar, clicking the mouse and attempting a context menu with v o >>>> shift m, won't do the job either. >>>> >>>> So, I think one should drag the mailbox off of the favorites bar to get >>>> rid of it there. Is that true? Where would a sighted person drop it on the >>>> screen? Can we get to an empty spot on the lion mail screen using >>>> voiceover? Interested to know. >>>> >>>> Paul. >>>> >>>> On Aug 5, 2011, at 6:04 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Paul, >>>>> >>>>> Whichever mailbox is reported as "checked" is the mailbox you will find >>>>> when you navigate to your message list. I believe the checkboxes on >>>>> Mail's Favorites bar would actually be better described as radio buttons >>>>> because you can only have one selected at a time. You'll notice if you >>>>> navigate between the items on the favorites bar, pressing VO+spacebar on >>>>> one item will "uncheck" whichever other item was previously "checked.". >>>>> >>>>> Regarding your second question: Yes, one of the functions of the >>>>> favorites bar is to allow access to mailboxes if the mailbox list is >>>>> closed. In addition, it also provides a nice set of shortcuts to selected >>>>> mailboxes via the Command+1,2,3,etc keystrokes. The favorites bar can be >>>>> used whether the mailbox list is opened or closed. >>>>> >>>>> HTH, >>>>> Bryan >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 5, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: >>>>>> In the favorites bar that Teresa wrote about in Lion mail, there are >>>>>> checkboxes in front of the mailboxes I see there. 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