Yes I do that too. Am curious though, what is the VO-shift-S command
for then which interacts with scroll bars?
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On 3/6/2017 11:11 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
I have always just typed the prefix of the file I am looking for, for
example when in the Applications folder typing "p r e " gets me to
preview application.
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Jonathan,
Please clarify. When in a folder with hundreds of files, what
commands do in fact work? So far the only way to scroll and keep the VO
cursor visible is simply to use the up and down arrow keys.
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On 3/5/2017 12:21 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
> Yes, it is standard in MacOs that the current selection does not move
> when using standard scrolling functions like page up or page down. I
> generally avoid these commands for the VoiceOver equivalent keys or
> using a VoiceOver search.
>
> Other things you might find useful depending on your actions:
> command-J jump to selection Move the selected item to be visible in a
> scrolling window.
> vo-shift-space click mouse at current mouse location.
>
> If you are in a finder window with list view active and hit page
up even
> if VoiceOver follows mouse is enabled, you will notice with vo-F5 vs
> vo-F3 that the mouse and VO cursor are not in the same place.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
>> On Mar 4, 2017, at 6:54 PM, Larry Thacker Jr.
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>>
>> I did my homework, but I haven’t found the answer to this one. If I
>> want to move quickly through a list of files in Windows, I can simply
>> press Page down. The focus will move with me. Not so in Finder.
>> Focus stays where I left it at last arrow press. Is there any
way to
>> make focus travel with the page up and page down keys, or some way to
>> get it to come to me after scrolling? If the search function worked
>> better I wouldn’t have to scroll, but that horse is dead.
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