There is actually a technical reason, or there was, at one point. If you cut/paste a file, that should be a move of the file. Except, if you cut/paste to another hard drive, in which case, instead of a move, the Finder must perform a copy to the new drive, then delete the original. Supposedly, there was some complexity in having the Finder always detect which process was needed, and still account for strange situations, like when a folder on a volume is actually a simlink to a file server. I know that Apple could have worked it out, but it wasn't a quicky fix. I suspect that they put it off for when it could be better implemented, but, since most users don't need it, they just kept putting it off.
Bryan -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:57 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How do you drag a file or folder from one location to another? No I have already looked, by turning VO off does not change the fact that Apple do not want users (sighted or blind) to cut in the finder. Shame Apple had not supplied a move file/folder feature for moving items. There used to be a hack you could enter into the terminal to unlock the greyed out cut in the main menu and pop up menu. But cutting would then just move to trash. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060626085238931 On 30 Jun 2010, at 13:31, Cody Hurst w > I tend to concur with that assessment, but this script should be easy > enough to set up. rather than do as the page says and install it via the > system preferences, one could just open voiceover and make a keyboard > commander short cut as none of us would be working with a ma without > voiceover anyway. Antoher odd thought, do you think perhaps the cut option is > grayed out because we're using voiceover, and when voiceover is disabled, the > option is ungrayed. seems silly but it could be a system wide bug, or feature > as it was On Jun 30, 2010, at 6:01 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> Hi, >> This is a philosophical letter, or at least somewhat.:-) I think it's >> odd that no screen reader in any graphical user interface that i have >> encountered has had a good drag-n-drop feature. Surely both Jfw and Wineyes >> has it but i have never managed to remember the commands for those things. >> The only screen reader i've seen that has had a good drag-&-drop feature was >> the old Outspoken screen reader for the older Macs, and that feature was >> really good. I wonder if it's due to technical difficulties or what could >> make it hard to implement this feature? and what about clicking with >> modifiers helld down? There are many applications where you have to >> option-click, shift click, command click or drag with modifier keys held >> down to get a certain effect. Why doesn't this work with Voiceover? It may, >> as i said be hard to implement so that could be why it's not possible but >> well, i must admit it bugs me sometimes. >> /Krister >> 30 jun 2010 kl. 02.08 skrev William Windels: >> >>> Hi Chris, >>> This is a known problem that we can't drag and drop objects in the finder. >>> apple knows already of this issue but it seems that they are not planning >>> to change this in the near future. >>> It's frustrated, I know but, there is a good alternative like described in >>> the mail of Rossy. >>> >>> I use this script and I have linked the hockey command+option+shift+x to do >>> this task. >>> It goes fast enough for me but, of course, a natural command+x >>> should be better :( >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> best regards, >>> William >>> >>> Op 30-jun-2010, om 01:23 heeft Chris Moore het volgende geschreven: >>> >>>> I had never noticed this problem before as I just used the mouse in the >>>> past to drag and drop, now I can't see to use the mouse. So I tried to >>>> use command + x to cut and no joy. However, cut works in text edit etc. >>>> I have sent a message to Apple asking about this, will let you know if >>>> they come back with anything constructive. Anyone else who has this >>>> issue, then please send an email to Apple too. >>>> On 29 Jun 2010, at 22:21, rossy wrote: >>>> >>>>> hi , >>>>> if it can help you here you can find the script move file . >>>>> this helps for the cut and paste . >>>>> http://www.universalaccess.it/script-english/ >>>>> let us know if you need help . >>>>> rossy >>>>> www.universalaccess.it >>>>> >>>>> Il giorno 29/giu/2010, alle ore 17.16, Alfredo ha scritto: >>>>> >>>>>> How to you drag a file or folder from one folder to another? I >>>>>> know this can be done, as it is in the starting guide but I did >>>>>> not understand how to do this. 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