I fixed it ! At least I think I have so far. The question of dealing with the mouse pointer was the key. When I went into the VO utilities menu, I came across the mouse pointer heading; the next option is a popup menu. I changed it to Ignore; it had been set to Follow or something. I'm not sure when or how this changed but it seems all good now.
So thanks for all the ideas and conversation. Chris, thanks for the extended debugging suggestions; that will be good reference in the future. These cursor and pointer tracking options can be confusing but do offer great flexibility when goofy apps may come into the mix. On Apr 22, 2013, at 4:41 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > My cursors all chase each other, and the mouse pointer moves the vo cursor. > Again, though, I use a Mini so I'm not even touching my mouse when I type. I > have not yet tried making a new account... > On Apr 22, 2013, at 4:31 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> How do you have your cursors set up in Voiceover utilities? For example, do >> you have your mouse pointer set to move voiceover cursor? >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rica...@appletothecore.info >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Apr 21, 2013, at 11:37 PM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I just looked over at my magic trackpad and flicked around a bit to be sure >>> it wasn't pressed down or stuck or something. All is fine there but I still >>> hear "Apple submenu" if I go into rename a file and hit space and/or arrow >>> around without interacting first. I think I will give Apple a call tomorrow >>> and see if anyone there can give me some ideas. Probably have to check with >>> the a11y folks as this has no meaning if VO is turned off and not being >>> used. >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2013, at 2:20 PM, "Chris Gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> That's the only thing I even remotely could think of, Harry. >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhog...@gmail.com> >>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 4:35 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Apple Submenu >>>> >>>> >>>> Could it simply be caused by inadvertently moving the mouse pointer on the >>>> trackpad? >>>> >>>> Just a thought. >>>> >>>> Harry >>>> >>>> On Apr 21, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello. I run across this when I'm reading a long document line by line. >>>>> On 2013-04-20, at 11:26 PM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I've been noticing for the past couple months or so, my machine saying >>>>>> "Apple submenu" every time I move the cursor around or type individual >>>>>> characters in simple edit boxes. Example: highlight a file in Finder and >>>>>> then hit the return key to rename it. then start typing the new name or >>>>>> cursor around in there to edit wherever. Do not interact with this edit >>>>>> control yet. For me, I keep hearing that phrase every time I move the >>>>>> cursor or type. Now if I interact then it stops doing that. I also get >>>>>> this in TextEdit if I don't interact there but that is obviously a place >>>>>> where I would always want to interact. I've never had this situation in >>>>>> the past; has anyone here experienced this? 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