Hi Alex, If you use the shift key, wouldn't that select text with the commands you referenced? I tried VO-Shift Home and VO-Home, and I couldn't tell a difference in where I landed on the web page I tested.
Les On Oct 29, 2012, at 7:15 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just to be clear, vo-shift-home (vo-shift-fn-left on mac keyboards with no > home/end) takes you to the top of whatever vo is interacting with. If you > interact with a text field in a form, it will take you to the top of the > form. If you have only interacted with the html content, it will take you to > the top of the page. If you have not interacted with the html, or if vo stops > interacting such as when a new page loads, it will take you to the top of the > Safari window, to the close button. This command works everywhere, not just > in Safari, but you have to be sure you're interacting with the item whose top > you want to go to or you will be going to the top of the window a lot. > On Oct 29, 2012, at 1:46 AM, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Just want to address 2 issues that have a solution ooh might have missed. >> To go to top of page I find vo shift home works well. >> Second, after finishing editing a form in many it not most cases ooh don't >> need to find the go or the submit button. Just pressing enter will do it. >> Vest, >> >> Ioana >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 28, 2012, at 10:49 PM, Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Clifton >>> I agree with you about Safari and that it is the most difficult thing to >>> master. I've had my mac for less time than you but I just don't get a sense >>> of the web page like I do in windows. Getting to the top of a page can be >>> difficult sometimes, and even scrolling with the track pad doesn't seem to >>> move the cursor for me sometimes. I seem to have to uninteract and interact >>> again when refreshing pages, and sometimes Safari throws you out of a >>> webpage altogether and you're in the tool bar without knowing how you got >>> there. >>> That said, I find edit fields not too bad. I have my tab key set to >>> automatically interact when I use it. This way, I can tab through a form >>> and fill it in without interacting each time because the tab key does it >>> for me. At the end of the form I have to carefully uninteract and arrow >>> around to find the "go" button or whatever. But it does work. And while >>> tables are annoying, I seem to find it easier to navigate them in Safari to >>> quickly skip to the right column where a relevant field is that I want. In >>> JAWS, I don't always know I"m in a table so don't think to do this. >>> I like the item chooser because it doesn't just do links but anything. In >>> JAWS you have to bring up separate lists for buttons, links, etc, and >>> sometimes you don't know whether something is a button or a link. >>> >>> Just my two cents worth. >>> Good luck persevering with Safari. >>> >>> Lisette >>> >>> On 29/10/2012, at 2:15 PM, Kliphton <kliph...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> Okay, I bought my first mac june 2011, it was actually a fathers day >>>>> present. I went cold turkey for over a month, trying to learn my way >>>>> around the OS, and how it worked. Over 18 months later, I'd say I am >>>>> pretty good, and can even help others. I know how to inter act with >>>>> tables, rename documents, open and close folders and apps, and even a few >>>>> advanced things. My biggest challenge has been safari. I use the item >>>>> chooser, and have the things in the rotor that I like to navigate by. >>>>> But I still find it a little clunky compared to IE. I still have to use >>>>> windows to manage my business, but that's all I use it for, and of course >>>>> to download torrents. But does anyone have any hints or tips to help me >>>>> get over this safari hump? I think my biggest gripe is trying to set up >>>>> first letter navigation, and trying to inter text in to edit fields. >>>>> Other than that, I think I got it. 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