Adding new command to keyboard commanders on Mac OS 15 Sequoia

2024-09-21 Thread Mohamed Fayed
Hi all, I upgraded today to Mac OS Sequoia 15.0, and I find the commanders are renamed to commands and the content is very different. What should I do if I want to add a new keyboard commander?! Thank you so much Mohamed E. Fayed -- The following information is important for all members of

Creating Commanders - Was: vo command to close an application?

2022-10-28 Thread Bill Gallik
, this may turn into a dissertation): If you are familiar with the VO Utility and Commanders, stop reading now! Or, if you prefer, use the online help feature to familiarize yourself with the VoiceOver utility and creating Commanders. First, to see the list of existing Commanders press (yes

Re: Phantom Disabling of Commanders

2022-04-25 Thread Matthew Janusauskas
I also recently experienced this. > On Apr 1, 2022, at 10:58 AM, Bill Gallik wrote: > > Hello All, > > I ran into a strange phenomenon that I refer to as “Phantom Disabling of > Commanders.” I’ve had the commander for announcing date and time deployed on > my Mac M

Re: Phantom Disabling of Commanders

2022-04-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
On Apr 1, 2022, at 11:58, Bill Gallik wrote: > > Hello All, > > I ran into a strange phenomenon that I refer to as “Phantom Disabling of > Commanders.” I’ve had the commander for announcing date and time deployed on > my Mac Mini for years, but it wasn’t working toda

Phantom Disabling of Commanders

2022-04-01 Thread Bill Gallik
Hello All, I ran into a strange phenomenon that I refer to as “Phantom Disabling of Commanders.” I’ve had the commander for announcing date and time deployed on my Mac Mini for years, but it wasn’t working today. I launched the VO configuration and discovered that these had been turned off

Fwd: keyboard commanders

2021-02-27 Thread Lorie McCloud
the below is an email outlining how to create keyboard commanders that was sent to this list earlier. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "'Stur It Up Productions' via MacVisionaries" > > Subject: Re: keyboard commanders > Date: January 27, 2021

Re: keyboard commanders

2021-01-27 Thread Lorie McCloud
Good instructions. >> Thanks Kliph. >> >> - Brad - >> >> On Jan 27, 2021, at 08:07, 'Stur It Up Productions' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Try these istructions >>

Re: keyboard commanders

2021-01-27 Thread 'Stur It Up Productions' via MacVisionaries
uctions. > Thanks Kliph. > > - Brad - > > On Jan 27, 2021, at 08:07, 'Stur It Up Productions' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Try these istructions > Key Board Commanders on the Mac. > If you would like to begin using Key Board commanders, there is one

Re: keyboard commanders

2021-01-27 Thread Brad Snyder
Good instructions. Thanks Kliph. - Brad - On Jan 27, 2021, at 08:07, 'Stur It Up Productions' via MacVisionaries wrote: Try these istructions Key Board Commanders on the Mac. If you would like to begin using Key Board commanders, there is one setting you will need to change in

Re: keyboard commanders

2021-01-27 Thread 'Stur It Up Productions' via MacVisionaries
Try these istructions Key Board Commanders on the Mac. If you would like to begin using Key Board commanders, there is one setting you will need to change in Voiceover first. Open the VoiceOver Utility with VO F8, and select the "general" category (you should be on it by default)

keyboard commanders

2021-01-26 Thread Lorie McCloud
ere I needed to switch that weren't in the list for the activity. can somebody tell me how to do it? I'm in vo utility in keyboard commanders where it says: "add". now what do I do? Thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionarie

commanders tutorial

2019-09-12 Thread Hemachandran Karaha
Hi all, For beginners like me, I strongly recommend commanders tutorial by John Panarees. It is certainly not the cheapest. But very praiseworthy indeed. Best, Hem. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Do key commanders have a seperate preference file

2017-09-21 Thread -dan d.
When setting up key commanders is there a seperate preference file in the library preference folder which storess them? If so which file is it please? Or are they kept in the main voiceover preference file? I'm trying to restore some old key commanders, having them in a file of thei

Commanders pain of VoiceOver Utility

2016-09-25 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hannah and all The commanders pain of VoiceOver Utility is the place to go to look up existing commands and add new ones if allowed. For example, in the trackpad tab, clicking assign commands will reveal the existing gestures as well as ones you’ve assigned yourself. So, in answer to whether

Re: behavior of keyboard commanders

2015-11-09 Thread Phil Halton
ley wrote: > > I have been using several keyboard commanders for weeks and suddenly i see > this odd behavior. When I go into Safari y commanders are suddenly > inoperable. if I go back into > finder they work fine. If I go back into mail they sometimes work fine and at > ot

behavior of keyboard commanders

2015-11-09 Thread Sandy Finley
I have been using several keyboard commanders for weeks and suddenly i see this odd behavior. When I go into Safari y commanders are suddenly inoperable. if I go back into finder they work fine. If I go back into mail they sometimes work fine and at other times not. I am wondering if the

Re: \Keyboare Commanders not working

2015-09-15 Thread Alex Hall
Are they enabled? Press vo-shift-k, and see if you hear "keyboard commander on". If so, problem solved! If not, let us know and we can try to figure out something else. > On Sep 15, 2015, at 18:55, Sandy Finley wrote: > > No, I am not asking how to make keyboard or track pad

\Keyboare Commanders not working

2015-09-15 Thread Sandy Finley
No, I am not asking how to make keyboard or track pad commanders. I have made both and used them now for several weeks. But for some reason, my keyboard commanders are no longer operational. I have my keyboard commanders set to work with both option keys; one of them is option E for finding a

Re: Keyboard Commanders

2015-08-13 Thread Phil Halton
turn the commander off with vo-shift-k, type what you need, then use the same > command to turn the commander back on. >> On Aug 13, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Traci Duncan wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> For those of you that have both option keys for keyboard commanders,

Re: Keyboard Commanders

2015-08-13 Thread Alex Hall
O-shift-k tip, I did not know that command. :) > > I may just change my commanders to either option key. This will really > expand my keyboard commanders. > > BTW, do you use option N for notification center? Mine is set as a Mac > keyboard shortcut, not VO Commander. > &g

Re: Keyboard Commanders

2015-08-13 Thread Traci Duncan
Thank you for the VO-shift-k tip, I did not know that command. :) I may just change my commanders to either option key. This will really expand my keyboard commanders. BTW, do you use option N for notification center? Mine is set as a Mac keyboard shortcut, not VO Commander. Traci >

Re: Keyboard Commanders

2015-08-13 Thread Alex Hall
turn the commander off with vo-shift-k, type what you need, then use the same command to turn the commander back on. > On Aug 13, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Hi all, > > For those of you that have both option keys for keyboard commanders, have you > come acr

Keyboard Commanders

2015-08-13 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi all, For those of you that have both option keys for keyboard commanders, have you come across any issues? An app needing the option key? Currently, I only have it set for the right option key. This made sense for most of my commanders. Thanks, Traci -- You received this message

Re: any way to auto-setup someone else's VO commanders?

2013-10-18 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, that may work. Thanks for the suggestion. Now I just have to try to keep both preference files separate... On Oct 18, 2013, at 5:25 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Nice one, Ricardo. So long as Alex exports his own VO preferences first that > should work (hopefully). > Nic > > -- > You re

Re: any way to auto-setup someone else's VO commanders?

2013-10-18 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Nice one, Ricardo. So long as Alex exports his own VO preferences first that should work (hopefully). Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macv

Re: any way to auto-setup someone else's VO commanders?

2013-10-17 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, How about having them send you their VO preferences, load them on your Mac, add the commanders they want, save and send it back to them? Then you just load back your own VO preferences. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Oct

Re: any way to auto-setup someone else's VO commanders?

2013-10-17 Thread Alex Hall
imported properly. > > So, I could suggest one work around to be for you to export all your > VoiceOver preferences, send that file to that person and then they could > import all your preferences including commanders. However, I"m not entirely > sure this would work g

Re: any way to auto-setup someone else's VO commanders?

2013-10-17 Thread Nicholas Parsons
me of the commander settings haven't exported or imported properly. So, I could suggest one work around to be for you to export all your VoiceOver preferences, send that file to that person and then they could import all your preferences including commanders. However, I"m not entirely

Re: any way to auto-setup someone else's VO commanders?

2013-10-17 Thread Traci Duncan
he Mac and Voiceover, and would like to set up > some keyboard commanders for time and battery status, among others. He's > literally on the other side of the world for me, and when we try to Skype, > the lag is pretty bad and the call tends to break up. So, instead of trying >

any way to auto-setup someone else's VO commanders?

2013-10-17 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, A friend of mine is new to the Mac and Voiceover, and would like to set up some keyboard commanders for time and battery status, among others. He's literally on the other side of the world for me, and when we try to Skype, the lag is pretty bad and the call tends to break u

Re: commanders?

2013-03-04 Thread Danny Noonan
pletothecore.info > > On Mar 4, 2013, at 12:44 AM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > >> Go to the voiceover utility (vo+f8), and scroll down the table to the >> commanders category. Then scroll to the keyboard tab, and choose the enable >> commanders checkbox. You'll th

Re: commanders?

2013-03-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
: > Go to the voiceover utility (vo+f8), and scroll down the table to the > commanders category. Then scroll to the keyboard tab, and choose the enable > commanders checkbox. You'll then have the popup button asking which key you'd > like to use, keeping it at the right optio

Re: commanders?

2013-03-03 Thread Anne Robertson
You can assign any command that appears in the commands menus to any commander shortcut. Cheers, Anne On 4 Mar 2013, at 07:19, Estelita wrote: > Hi, > Can we asign commanders to do the interact or uninteract functions? > As there are lots of keys to press to do these tasks? &g

Re: commanders?

2013-03-03 Thread Estelita
Hi, Can we asign commanders to do the interact or uninteract functions? As there are lots of keys to press to do these tasks? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emai

Re: commanders?

2013-03-03 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Go to the voiceover utility (vo+f8), and scroll down the table to the commanders category. Then scroll to the keyboard tab, and choose the enable commanders checkbox. You'll then have the popup button asking which key you'd like to use, keeping it at the right option key is probably

commanders?

2013-03-03 Thread Kerri
How does one creat a commander? On 2013-03-03, at 7:13 PM, "Kliphton" wrote: > I am using 1 with the option key to go to top, and 2 to go to the end. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent

Re: Trackpad Commanders

2013-01-19 Thread Traci
Hello, I quite enjoy my trackpad. Here are some of my most useful commanders. Shift-flick-up or down, this brings me to the top or bottom. For example, the top of a text edit page, or the top or bottom of my mail messages. Option-flick down or up, this allows me to find the next or prior

Trackpad Commanders

2013-01-19 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I love keyboard commanders, and have them set to open all the programs I use a lot. I am finally starting to make use of my trackpad after it sat here collecting dust for three years, and wanted to ask if anyone has found setting any trackpad commanders useful, and if so what do you use