If you want to enforce this a bit, there is an option in the Dock section of Tinkertool to:
When switching to application hide all others unchecked This defaults to unchecked, and I am not sure if this is always available, or only when "restricted finder" used by parental controls is in effect. I guess I would need a sighted person to verify that . Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jul 30, 2016, at 3:41 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > I regularly have to bring the mouse to the VoiceOver cursor and haven’t > encountered the problems Eric described. However, I am in the habit of hiding > any other open applications using the command Cmd-Option-h. This keeps the > screen clear for the current application. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 29 Jul 2016, at 22:06, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com >> <mailto:doniado...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Erik, >> >> Thanks so much for this! I'm glad I hadn't imagined that such a keyboard >> command existed. :) >> >> Haven't been able to try it out yet, I'll let you know how it goes. >> Cheers, >> Donna >>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 8:34 AM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com >>> <mailto:e...@erik-burggraaf.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry, I forgot to add, when pressing control option command f5, the >>> feedback will be the contents of the voiceover cursor, indicating that the >>> mouse has been routed to the voiceover cursor; However, clicking may yeald >>> unexpected results because mac os lets you stack windows on top of >>> eachother, but voiceover doesn't indicate that such a window is present. >>> So, you may think you're clicking on some mouse only button on a webpage in >>> a safari window when in fact you're clicking on a file icon in finder or >>> notification text in a hidden dialog box. Thus, routing the mouse and >>> clicking is an inexact process. It's also worth noting that some clickable >>> options won't work with the trackpad as long as voiceover is turned on. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> Freelance jack of many trades! Visit my website: >>> http://www.theoutofworkbum.work <http://www.theoutofworkbum.work/> >>> Also check out my website for inclusion to the android platform for persons >>> with sensery, physical or cognitive disabilities: >>> http://www.inclusiveandroid.com <http://www.inclusiveandroid.com/> >>>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 9:28 AM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com >>>> <mailto:e...@erik-burggraaf.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Control option command f5 is what I use. >>>> >>>> hth, >>>> >>>> Erik Burggraaf >>>> Freelance jack of many trades! Visit my website: >>>> http://www.theoutofworkbum.work <http://www.theoutofworkbum.work/> >>>> Also check out my website for inclusion to the android platform for >>>> persons with sensery, physical or cognitive disabilities: >>>> http://www.inclusiveandroid.com <http://www.inclusiveandroid.com/> >>>>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com >>>>> <mailto:doniado...@me.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I know that may be a dumb question, but I'm thinking there is one and I >>>>> can't remember what it is. 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