Dashboard is my friend!
Once I set up dashboard I really liked it! there was a earlier thread,
I think on this list that gave many tips. here are some I remember.
First to clean up some of the frustrating keyboard issues go to system
preferences and to Mission Control Uncheck the first group of check boxes.
This will get rid of the control right arrow bringing up dashboard. It does
other things that make the dashboard less intrusive.
now when you press f12 the dashboard appears and press it again and it is
really gone. When in the dashboard use the window chooser to move between
apps, actually called widgets.
I am using weather widgets, language translation , ical recent event
widget, and many more useful dashboard widgets .
One very useful tip was how to delete a widget. First when in dashboard go to
the widget bar by going to the window chooser and select widget bar. Then when
on the widget you want permanently deleted press VO Command F2.
I think of these widgets as being like apps on the iPhone. they are usually
easy to use and preform a specific task quickly.
I hope this helps turn dashboard from evil to friendly!
eric Caron
On Sep 4, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have Lion on a Mini. I thought that ctrl-right, in text, would move me
> around, but it (and other odd keystrokes that I don't remember at the moment)
> just keep bringing up the dashboard. I can't move around the dashboard
> because it just jumps into the calculator, the first application on there.
> Worst of all, neither force-quitting, cmd-q, cmd-tab, nor anything else I can
> think of will get rid of it. My only recourse is to enter then quit the vo
> utility, which seems to get rid of the evil dashboard. How can I fix all
> this so I can move around text, since no arrow key combos seem to do
> anything, and some bring up the dashboard which then refuses to leave? TIA.
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex (msg sent from BrailleNote
> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap
>
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