Hi, Paul, The favorites bar contains shortcuts or "aliases" to the actual mailboxes. What you will want to do is use VO drag-and drop. Move the item from the favorites bar to the mailbox list with VO-comma and VO-period to drag and drop respectively.
HTH, Teresa On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Brian and list, > > I managed to drag my private inbox to the favorites bar, so that it is easily > reachable. I learned how to do that on this list. It is very useful, given > the command 1 etc options. But now, is it possible to remove an item present > in the favorites bar? There is an aggregate inbox that I'd like to get rid > of, and also the sent items item is of little use to me in the favorites bar. > Here's what I tried so far. > 1. Delete and fn delete, with the v o cursor on the mailbox to remove, in the > favorites bar. . However, since mail cannot know where the voiceover cursor > is, this won't do it. > 2. I moved the mouse to the favorites bar and to the mailbox I wanted to > remove. V o command f5 gets the mouse pointer over to where the v o cursor > is. I checked the mouse position with v o f5. Then, I held down control and > pressed down the bottom left corner of the trackpad. This won't remove the > mailbox intended, from the favorites bar though. Option click won't either. > 3. Having the mouse on the mailbox name I want to remove from the favorites > bar, clicking the mouse and attempting a context menu with v o shift m, won't > do the job either. > > So, I think one should drag the mailbox off of the favorites bar to get rid > of it there. Is that true? Where would a sighted person drop it on the > screen? Can we get to an empty spot on the lion mail screen using voiceover? > Interested to know. > > Paul. > > On Aug 5, 2011, at 6:04 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > >> Hello Paul, >> >> Whichever mailbox is reported as "checked" is the mailbox you will find when >> you navigate to your message list. I believe the checkboxes on Mail's >> Favorites bar would actually be better described as radio buttons because >> you can only have one selected at a time. You'll notice if you navigate >> between the items on the favorites bar, pressing VO+spacebar on one item >> will "uncheck" whichever other item was previously "checked.". >> >> Regarding your second question: Yes, one of the functions of the favorites >> bar is to allow access to mailboxes if the mailbox list is closed. In >> addition, it also provides a nice set of shortcuts to selected mailboxes via >> the Command+1,2,3,etc keystrokes. The favorites bar can be used whether the >> mailbox list is opened or closed. >> >> HTH, >> Bryan >> >> On Aug 5, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: >>> In the favorites bar that Teresa wrote about in Lion mail, there are >>> checkboxes in front of the mailboxes I see there. What do these do? Also, >>> am I correct in assuming that the favorites bar is there, so that one can >>> switch mailboxes, even though the list of mailboxes is not opened? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
