we've all ran in to this problem and as far as I know, no there isn't a work around.
The BlindTechs Network www.theblindtechsnetwork.com info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 623-565-9357 (phoenix Arizona voice) (206) 984-9484 (Fax Phone) 562-219-2309 (Los Angeles California voice) On Feb 6, 2008, at 7:40 AM, Mitchell Smith wrote: Greetings, Sorry, it seems the point of my original email was entirely missed.Yes I know I can use the desktop layout, either with a usb desktop keyboard, or just using the fn key, but that isn't the issue.
The issue is that I have always used the laptop layout which uses the capslock key as a modifier key, and for some reason the capslock key is not working in VMware as expected.
It turns capslock on, but it can't be held down in combination with another keystroke, possibly because of the way OSX is passing the capslock key through to the virtual machine.
I was enquiring if anyone had found a workaround for this specific issue.
Thanks, Mitch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:51 PM Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: VMWare Fusion / Jaws / Windows XP
It's possible to connect two keyboards to a mac, why not just go out and get a PC keyboard and a cheep USB hub?Greg Kearney 535 S. Jackson St. Casper, Wyoming 82601 307-224-4022 gkearney@xxxxxxxxx On Feb 5, 2008, at 9:38 PM, Mitchell Smith wrote:Greetings List,This is just a quick email to ask if anyone has found a work around for using Jaws under VMware Fusion with a laptop keyboard layout.Unfortunately I require Windows at work for Eclipse (a Java IDE), which doesn't seem to work with VoiceOver at this time.I have configured a virtual machine in VMware Fusion running Windows XP and installed Jaws 6.2 (yes I know it's a bit out of date, but as I mainly use the Leopard now, I don't see the point in upgrading).I have always used JAWS with the laptop keyboard layout back in my Windows days, however I find that under Fusion, the capslock key isn't getting passed to the virtual machine in such a way that it works with JAWS.So I thought I would drop a quick email to the list with the following questions.* has anyone found a way to get this working in VMware Fusion with out falling back on the desktop keyboard layout?* Does JAWS now work in Parallels (I see from a quick google search that it had some issues), and if this is now working, does it suffer from the same issue?* Long shot I know, but has anyone managed to get Eclipse to work with VoiceOver?I know I can just use bootcamp and these issues would go away, however that wouldn't allow me the ability to switch seamlessly between OSX and Windows with out rebooting.Any comments / suggestions / feedback would be very much appreciated. Thanks, MitchClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
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