You might try command-option-control space. This toggles the selection of an item with vO. You may have to press it more than once to toggle the selection off. Then you can try verifying the selected item with VO-f6. Don't move the arrow keys until you want to select something.
hth, Teresa On Sep 16, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know there is a way to do this, but I'm drawing a blank. When on the > desktop, how can I unselect the currently selected item without selecting a > new one. For example, I have an alias that I want to move from the folder > where I creadet it to the desktop, but I don't want to paste it on top of an > existing item, but rather, on to a blank space on my desktop. > > Mary > > Mary Otten > motte...@gmail.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
