Hi Mike, Double-clicking on the horizontal splitter with VO-Shift-Space (e.g., by holding down the Control, Option, and Shift keys while double tapping the space bar) used to work in Leopard to hide the Preview pane. I think this ability went away in Snow Leopard. There are definitely other examples of instances where you need a "hardware" key click to work. I think that you may be able to press the "5" key on the numeric keypad with NumPad Commander to click, as well, but since I use a laptop I'd have to attach a USB numeric keypad to try this.
HTH. Cheers, Esther On Apr 15, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I do find that moving through messages is more responsive with the preview > pane turned off. Interesting that the voiceover click mouse command doesn't > work here, but it definitely does not. > On Apr 15, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Anne, >> >> Just as an added comment, in situations like this one, where I want to make >> sure that the mouse pointer doesn't move when I double click, and a physical >> click with trackpad or mouse is required, I use mouse keys instead to >> perform the click. After routing my mouse cursor to the VoiceOver cursor >> with VO-Command-F5, I quickly press the option key 5 times to turn on mouse >> keys, then I double tap the "i" key instead of performing a double click >> with mouse or trackpad, and turn mouse keys off again by quickly pressing >> the option key 5 times. As you know, this requires having the box in the >> System Preferences > Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad tab checked for >> "Press the Option key five times to turn Mouse Keys on or off". This will >> work whether or not Trackpad Commander is turned off. Also, you can >> additionally check the option for "Ignore built-in trackpad when Mouse Keys >> is on" if you press (with VO-Space) the button for "Trackpad Options…" on >> the Mouse & Trackpad tab of the Universal Access menu of System Preferences >> in Lion. >> >> This is for cases where people have difficulty with clicking the mouse or >> trackpad without moving the pointer, but it's useful in general to know. >> It's most useful when using applications which are transitioning in >> accessibility, where neither VO-Space or VO-Shift-Space will work to click >> on controls, and you need to perform physical clicks. Turning mouse keys on >> and clicking with the "i" key always works as an alternative in these >> instances. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Apr 15, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >>> Hello Franc, >>> >>> First of all, you need to be in classic view to do this. You also need to >>> have the Trackpad Commander turned off. >>> >>> Go to the horizontal splitter above the body of the message using the VO >>> keys, then bring the mouse (VO-Cmd-F5) and double click using either the >>> trackpad or the mouse, depending on what kind of computer you have. If you >>> move the mouse pointer even slightly before the double click, it won't work. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 15 Apr 2012, at 16:10, Frank Ventura wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, I am using a Mac with the latest of Lion. Can anyone tell me how >>>> to disable the preview pane in Mac mail. I had some old directions for, I >>>> think, Leopard but they don't seem to work. >>>> Thanks >>>> Frank >>>> >>>> >> >> -- 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.
