Hi John: Yeah I quit mail, I Zoomed, I swore a little. What actually fixed it this time was writing my post to the list. My sighted co-worker who uses a Mac can't reproduce this visually so far so it may be a VO thing but it's certainly frustrating because I find no consistent way to resolve it. On Jun 24, 2012, at 1:52 PM, John Panarese wrote: > Hi Deb, > Yes, I have experienced this. I am of the mind that it is a bug of some > kind. Quitting Mail is about the only way I have cured it when it happens. > I'm not sure why it occurs either. Toggling VoiceOver off and on does not > seem to fix it either. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Jun 24, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Deb Lewis <deblewis53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi!! >> Ever since I've had my Macbook Pro I've had a periodic puzzle in mail. >> Usually when I want to expand a conversation I can right arrow on the >> conversation. I can collapse it by moving to the top and doing a left arrow. >> But sometimes, for no reason that I can understand, this stops working and I >> must press VO space to open or close the conversation. >> Sometimes I've returned to the expected behavior by closing and reopening >> mail but sometimes that doesn't work either until some unknown event >> corrects the problem once again. >> I've tried closing all other apps in case some window is in the way etc. >> I find this really annoying and inconsistent. I'd love to know what's >> actually going on and how to stop it once and for all if someone knows. >> Thanks for any thoughts on this. >> deb************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx