Here, I kept this from a long time ago, cause it's just so useful and great, and I knew some one would want it later. Hopefully I can save Esther the work of rooting it out of the archive for us as she always does so well.
Hope this helps, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com Begin forwarded message: > From: Esther <mori...@mac.com> > Date: July 24, 2009 6:25:54 PM EDT > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Tips on Non-Contiguous Selection [was Re: selecting specific tracks > in itunes] > Reply-To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > > HI Gene, Jonathan, and Others, > > I select non-contiguous items in a different fashion, and use VO- > Command-Space to choose tracks after turning off cursor tracking. > This method works for selecting items in Finder and other lists, > columns, etc. If you're in iTunes, and have already interacted with > the songs table and are positioned at your first selection, start at > step 3: > > 1. Interact with the table, column, etc. (VO-Shift-Down Arrow) > 2. Navigate to the first item you want to select > 3. Turn off cursor tracking (VO-Shift-F3) > 4. Navigate to each additional item you want and select with VO- > Command-Space > 5. Turn cursor tracking back on (VO-Shift-F3) > 6. Perform your selected action (Copy, Add to Playlist, etc.) > > Here are some other tips: > • You can check your selection at any time with VO-F6 > • VO-Command-Space is a toggle action that can be used to de-select > as well as to select, and the item you have selected or deselected > will get announced each time you perform the command. So, if you > checked your selection with VO-F6 and discovered there was an item you > didn't mean to select, just navigate to it and use VO-Command-Space > again to de-select the item. > • If you are going through a long list of items, I find it easiest to > lock my VoiceOver keys (VO-Semi-Colon); then I typically just go up > and down the list with my arrow keys and press Command-Space to select > or de-select items and press F6 to check selections. I unlock my > VoiceOver keys by pressing Semi-Colon when I'm done. Of course, other > navigation commands, such as moving to the top or bottom of a list > with VO-Home or VO-End (VO-Fn-Shift-Left arrow and VO-Fn-Shift-RIght > arrow) also work. > > So for Gene, if I were in the iTunes songs table and wanted to move > through a long list tracks to make selections, I'd start out in the > song name column, after having first winnowed down the list by using > the File Browser (toggled on or off with Command-B) or the search text > field to shorten the list of interest by matching to a specific album, > artist, or other search term, and move to my first selection. Then I > would do: > > 1. Turn cursor tracking off (VO-Shift-F3) > 2. Lock VoiceOver keys (VO-Semi-colon) > 3. Arrow up or down to items of interest and select with Command-Space > 3a. Optionally check selections with F6; modify selections by arrowing > to the desired item and deselect with Command-Space > 4. Unlock VoiceOver keys by pressing Semi-colon > 5. Turn cursor tracking on (VO-Shift-F3) > 6. Perform the action you want, e.g. New playlist from selection with > Command-Shift-N; Add to Playlist with VO-Shift-M and select from the > contextual menu, etc. > > You can also bookmark the quick tip about this from the lioncourt.com > site: > > http://www.lioncourt.com/2008/04/09/mac-cessibility-quick-tip-12/ > > This is, indeed discussed in the archives, and you can also read my > post: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg36686.html > (Selecting non-contiguous items) > > I couldn't quite use Jonathan's commands in iTunes. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > > On Jul 24, 2009, at 08:52, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > >> >> 1. Turn off cursor tracking. (VO-shift-F3) >> 2. Go to first item to select and select it (VO-Return) >> 3. Go to additional rows and select with (VO-shift-space) >> 4. Turn Cursor tracking back on (VO-shift-F3) >> >> You can hear the selected items with vo-shift-F6. I was on the USAJOBS >> web site yesterday picking out local job locations in 3 states, oh boy >> was that fun, but the same principles worked there. >> >> Jon >> >> On Jul 24, 2009, at 2:40 PM, gene wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi I have a similar question, and I know this has been asked before, >>> but >>> let's say I want to select a few songs from an alvum but not >>> everything else >>> in between, How can I do that, it doesn't seem to matter whither I >>> do shift >>> up arrow or down arrow it just keeps selecting more stuff and of >>> course it >>> doesn't tell you exactly what I've selected but I can't seem to find >>> a way >>> to select just the songs I want as well as everything else. >>> Gene >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > 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. 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