Esther, is there a way to manually arrange the order of the bookmarks in the bookmarks bar?
Brett C. On Nov 30, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Ezzy, > >> Ezzy Bueno wrote: >>> >>> I can use the same number on different wccbsites, right? For example, I can >>> use the number 1 as a hot spot for Twitter and Facebook, right? >>> How do I get rid of a hot spot if I no longer need it? >>> > > I'll add a little more information to Slau's excellent response to explain > hot spots. Hot spots are meant to be used for temporary purposes. They don't > persist if you log out of your account, or quit an app, or restart your > machine. A good example of setting a hot spot would be if you're reading a > book or document in Preview, but need to switch to another application for a > while, but want to return to the same reading location. Although Preview > lets you set bookmarks, and you can also return to the app by switching > through your currently active apps with Command-Tab, this only gets you back > to the same page that you were reading. If you want to return to the same > point on the page, you would set a hot spot before you left the page, and > then use the command to return to that hot spot when you got back to the app. > > Hot spots can also only take you to places that VoiceOver can navigate to. > It's possible to use other accessibility features of the Mac, such as Mouse > Keys, to move your mouse cursor position independently of VoiceOver. I've > used this to play sound samples on the Audible web site, by figuring out how > many pixels to move from a control that VoiceOver does recognize to get to > the player controls and click. (This keeps changing, incidentally, as they > re-design their web pages). You can't save this position as a hotspot, > because VoiceOver doesn't know how to get there independently. The hot spot > is basically a temporary snapshot of your use configuration in an app. > > As far as easily getting to different web sites, such as the ones for Twitter > or Facebook with a single keystroke, Safari will already let you do that. If > you bookmark a web page with Command+D, and use VO+Space to press the pop up > menu for the location to be saved, then select "Bookmarks Bar", you'll be > able to access the first 9 bookmark entries by pressing Command+the number of > the bookmark. So in Safari, Command+1 takes you to the location of the first > bookmark on your Bookmarks Bar, Command+2 takes you to the location of the > second bookmark on the the Bookmarks Bar, etc. The only thing to watch out > for is that when you add bookmarks to the Bookmarks Bar, your newest bookmark > becomes the first bookmark, and all the others get bumped up by one. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Nov 30, 2010, at 07:07, Slau wrote: > >> Hi Ezzy, >> >> I'm not sure if I understand your question, exactly. Think of it as having >> 10 points available to you, anywhere on your Mac, in any application. You >> can use any number hot spot in any application but you can't use number 1 >> twice, that is, in one application and also another application at the same >> time. >> >> If you wish to change a hot spot, you needn't necessarily delete the old hot >> spot. You can simply set a new one with the same number and now that'll be >> the new hot spot for that particular number. If, however, you simply wish to >> get rid of a hot spot, pressing VO and the hot spot number a second time >> will unassign that hot spot. >> >> HTH, >> >> Slau >> >> On Nov 30, 2010, at 11:36 AM, >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Slau <s...@mindspring.com >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Date sent: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:09:09 -0500 >>> Subject: Re: how do i use the hot spots feature in voice over? >>> >>> Trahern, >>> >>> 1. Navigate to any field, object or control you wish to set as a hot spot. >>> 2. Use VO-Shift-with 1 through 0 on the numbers row to set a hot spot. >>> >>> Once you've set a hot spot, you can use VO plus the number to instantly >>> move the focus to and speak the status of the hot spot. If you want >>> VoiceOver to read the hot spot without navigating to it, use VO-Command and >>> the number. If you want VoiceOver to automatically speak the contents of >>> the hot spot whenever it changes, use VO-Command-Shift and the number. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Slau > > -- > 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.
