Hi, I use column mode myself. with this, pressing right arrow to open, and left arrow to close a folder, works 100% of the time. From the finder you can press command 3 to display finder contents in column mode.
hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:51 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > You can use the right arrow to open a folder in browser or list view mode of > a finder window. They behave a little differently though, in list mode the > list gets longer and in browser mode you get moved over a column. > > Rading a description of browser mode would probably be hhelpful to folks that > do a lot of scanning through folders. I will try to explain... > > In browser mode there are three or four columns available. The left most > column is the highest in the set of folders currently visible. If one turns > on "preview" mode for the browser then the right most column will have a > Large icon of the folder and a bit more directory / file information > (including I believe a "start playing" button for A/V files. What I > reallylike about the browser mode, is that if you hit right arrow to view a > folder hitting left arrow will bring you to the enclosing folde inwith the > folder you just left selected. So if I am looking at "Library/Application > Support/Apple" and hit a right arrow "Apple" will be selected and I can hit > down arrow to see what the next item in "Library/Application Support" is. in > a finder or window or a file selection dialog box, hitting command-3 will > put you in browser mode. > > Best regards, > > Jon > > > On 16 December 2010 12:33, Marlaina Lieberg <1guide...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems like at level 0 you have to do cmd down arrow but at 1 or 2 you do > right arrow, I tried to discover a consistent pattern with this but thus far > always at 0 cmd down arrow will open. > > Marlaina > On Dec 16, 2010, at 6:22 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > > Hi Jim: > Try using commando to open the folder. Or, also, command-down-arrow will > open the folder for you. I believe there's something that gets tweeked and > changes this pattern of interaction. Because, there are times when simply > right arrowing will open a folder, and there are other times it needs the > command-o. > HTH > Carolyn Haas > On Dec 15, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Jim Barbour wrote: > > > Howdy Folks, > > > > Using voice over, I'm trying to bring up a terminal, which is in the > > applications folder. So far, I'm failing to figure out how to > > navigate into and around the Applications folder. > > > > Can someone let me know how to go about this? > > > > Here's what I've tried so far... > > > > VO + d to go to the dock > > VO + right arrow several times until I hear "applications folder" > > VO + space to open the folder. > > > > At this point, I can see there's a window on the screen, and if I > > use the arrow keys to move around inside it, I can see that different > > icons are being highlighted. However, VO does not speak. If I use VO > > + arrow keys, voice over acts as if I'm still in the doc, even though > > I've opened this window. > > > > All help would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jim > > > > -- > > 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.
