Hi Eric, As you may have already read, I did finally manage to get things back to normal. :-) However, I do usually use listview. Do you find that the iconview is better?
Jenny On Nov 6, 2010, at 11:17 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > what view are you in on finder. it sounds like list view. > try hitting the control panel for finder and finding the icon view. > > -Eric > > On Nov 6, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: > >> Thanks, Wes! Looks like the Keyboard shortcuts in the System Preferences is >> still set to allow access to everything. I also browsed through many of the >> other various settings, just to see if anything else jumped out at me. >> Didn't make any changes though. With regard to the problem I am having, I >> am apparently unable to expand a collapsed folder simply by hitting >> right-arrow. When I do press right-arrow, VoiceOver begins reading >> additional information about the folder, such as the date it was last >> modified, size,etc. I don't know, I am still trying to figure out exactly >> what is and is not happening at this point. :-) >> >> Jenny >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 6, 2010, at 10:36 PM, Wes Smith wrote: >> >>> OK......you also need to make sure that in system prefs under keyboard and >>> then under the keyboard shortcuts tab you need to have full keyboard access >>> to "all controls" and not just "text boxes and lists only." HTH, >>> Wes. >>> On Nov 6, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all. Wow, so okay. I have absolutely no idea what I did, but >>>> apparently I managed to hit some key combination that modified the way >>>> VoiceOver interacts with the Finder window, as well as Mail. I wish I >>>> could provide a better visual description of what is happening, but I'm >>>> afraid I don't quite understand it myself. Basically, rather than >>>> arrowing through the list of files or folders, I have to tab through the >>>> list. My husband, who is sighted, said it appears as if the cursor is >>>> moving from section to section of the window, as opposed to the next item >>>> in the list. However, when VoiceOver is turned off, things appear to >>>> operate as normal. Anyway, assuming nobody has any suggestions as to what >>>> in the world I may have done, and how to fix it, can anyone perhaps tell >>>> me how I might go about resetting my default settings for VoiceOver? That >>>> is, of course, if it can in fact be done. I suspect I must have pressed >>>> some key combination that triggered the change, but I have to admit it is >>>> becoming rather frustrating. <grin> I am using a macbookpro, Snow >>>> Leopard. Oh, and if it matters, I currently have my view set to listview, >>>> which is what I typically use... >>>> >>>> Thank you so much for any help you can offer! >>>> >>>> Jenny >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
