you can fix this *bug* by setting the mouse cursor to ignore in the
navigation of vo utility.
On Sep 5, 2009, at 1:10 AM, Ron J. wrote:
Marty,
Generally, when you upgrade Oses, or applications, your settings
are retained. The only time this might not be the case is if, for
instance, the developer changes the format of the preferences files,
etc, in which case, it might be necessary to redo your settings.
As to using VO-Up/Down, Left/Right, I've always used them - guess
just figured that VO was meant to be used that way, but, obviously,
one doesn't have to use it that way - up/down, left/right, tab, etc,
work just fine. Me, never having been a Windows user, just have
never used my computer in that way. On occasion I do, but it's rare.
Suffice to say, even the Product Specialist I spoke to at Apple,
believes this getting stuck in menu items which have sub-menus, if
you use VO plus arrow keys, is a bug, and I'm sure, as responsive as
Apple has been to our needs, it, as well as others we notice, will
be squashed in due time. Hey, the exterminators at Apple need
something to do, right? LOL <grin!>
Take care!
Ron J.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Marty Rimpau wrote:
Hi, this question is for ron j, and that is, when you did the
upgrade, were your settings retained? I never have used vo up and
down, right and left to go through menus, but I wonder if they want
you to do that with snow leopard, but I may be missing the mark.
--Original Message Text---
From: annelie robledo
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:01:31 -0500
Hello I am also having the same problem can't access any of my menu
items once I go into a submenu. Hope someone can help. On Aug 29,
2009, at 11:16 PM, Ron J. wrote:
Hi everyone,
Got the new kitty installed on Friday, late in the afternoon. All
seemed to go well, but I've encountered a strange problem when I
access menus using VO.
I opted for doing the upgrade, rather than the clean install,
figuring everything should function normally. Prior to upgrading, I
did do a permissions repair, and my most up-to-date version of
Leopard was 10.5.8.
When I'm in the Apple menu, for example, I can use VO-Up/Down to
arrow through the menu and all is well. When I reach "Dock", which
has a sub-menu, VO says, "Dock Dock, sub-menu, 6 items". Continuing
to use VO-Up/Down simply gets me "Dock Dock, sub-menu, 6 items". It
appears that I'm stuck on that menu item. Now, if I simply use the
arrow keys, without the VO keys, I can actually navigate the sub-
menu of the Dock menu item under the Apple menu. If I Left-arrow, I
hear nothing but if I VO-arrow up or down, it appears that I'm back
at the top of the menu. If I bring up the Apple menu, using VO,
then simply use the arrow keys, all things seem to work fine.
This behavior seems to be present in all menus - application,
contextual, etc, where there are menu items which have sub-menus.
It appears that I even seem to have this problem with the popup
menus in the VO utility, and I'm sure it happens in other places.
Did a clean install of SL on a small drive I have, and all things
seem to function normally - this only seems to happen on my
MacBook, and also on my friend's Mac Mini - we both use our
computers completely differently but we must have something in
common which is causing the issues I've described.
Anyone have any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc? Any help will be
greatly appreciated!
If necessary, please feel free to contact me, off-list.
Take care,
Ron J.
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