Hello Bryan, The options that show up in a context menu have to be coded that way, I think. I have a vague recollection from when iTunes was transitioning in accessibility that there was an instance where the options that appeared with VO-Shift-M were different from what you got when you used Control-Click -- in the sense that they had added a feature under VoiceOver.
I distinguish between "software clicks" (VO-Shift-Space) and "hardware clicks" with Mouse or Trackpad. VO-Space is actually the command to "perform the default action" -- which could include clicking on a link. In applications with transitioning accessibility, I may end up having to perform "hardware clicks". By the way, pressing the "5" key on a Numeric Keypad with NumPad Commander turned on works the same way as a hardware click. So does turning Mouse Keys on and pressing the "i" key. This would explain why adding "Command" to these combinations doesn't work. I can do a Command-Click by turning on Mouse Keys (set to turn on by pressing the Option key 5 times on my machine), and pressing Command-i, where "i" is the key used to "click" with Mouse Keys turned on -- it's in the position of the "5" key where the embedded numeric keypad used to be. However, I think I recall reading some posts that clicking this way didn't always seem to work under Lion. I'm afraid I can't remember more about this -- the discussion was on another list. It sounds as though there is a focus issue with Safari. I'm still using Safari 5.05 and Snow Leopard. Sorry not to have more suggestions. Esther On Dec 24, 2011, at 10:11, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hello Esther, > > Thank you for your response I should have clarified that I'm able to use the > Command+physical mouse / trackpad click to open a link in a new window, , but > I was hoping to find a keyboard alternative to doing this without using the > physical mouse / trackpad. i'm not counting the rodent out but figured there > must be a keyboard alternative that I've overlooked. > > I've tried adding the Command key to the standard VO+Spacebar and > VO+Shift+spacebar keystrokes but these don't seem to perform as an > alternative to the Command+physical mouse click combo, unless I've got > something misconfigured. Do you have any thoughts as to why the VO+Shift+M > combo sometimes opens the correct shortcut menu containing actions that can > be applied to the currently highlighted link, while other times it opens a > shortcut menu that seems to be the menu of actions that would apply to the > current page, not the link. > > Thanks again, > Bryan > > On Dec 24, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Esther wrote: >> >> Either Command-Click or Command-Option-Click when you're focused on a link >> should open the link in a new Safari window. Which one you use depends on >> your Safari preferences settings for tabs. If you have the pop up menu >> selection for "Open pages in tabs instead of windows" set to "Never", and >> the box for "Command-Click opens a link in a new tab" unchecked, then >> Command-Click will open the link in a new window. Otherwise, use >> Command-Option-Click to open the link in a new window and Command-Click to >> open in a new tab. The various combination shortcuts are listed on the Tab >> pane of your Safari preferences. If, for some reason, you want to open the >> link in a new tab or window but not make the new tab or window active, add a >> "Shift" to the keyboard shortcut combination. >> >> I'm still running Safari 5.05 under Snow Leopard, but I assume you can still >> press Command+comma and check your tab preferences to find out the >> appropriate answer if the above does not work for you. >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
