[macvoiceover] Re: Accessing "invisible" columns in the status bar - it's possible but tricky...
- From: Peggy Fleischer <peggyfleischer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:43:30 -0400
Thanks for this. I tried it and it works. I have a program that makes my Mac
sound like a manual typewriter but the controls are in the status menu and I
couldn't figure out how to get to them.
Peggy Fleischer
On Apr 7, 2010, at 7:24 PM, Robin Kipp wrote:
> Hi all!
> As some of us experienced, some programs that can be downloaded for the Mac
> add icons to the status bar that VO keeps leaving out when browsing through
> status bar columns. Finally, I found a way of accessing these, however this
> is a quite annoying process, but I guess if someone really needs it because
> the menu bar item provides vital functionality for a program then I guess
> these people could try this. So, here's what you do:
> 1. press VO-f8 to open the VO utility.
> 2. select the navigation category.
> 3. VO-right arrow till you get to "mouse cursor" and select the list which
> probably has "follow VO cursor" as the selected item.
> 4. change that to "move VO cursor".
> 5. exit the VO Utility.
> 6. press VO-m twice to get to the status menu.
> 7. press VO-cmd-f5 to move the mouse to the VO cursor in the menu bar.
> 8. now, very slowly, move your mouse to the left. you have to be extremely
> careful not to move upwards or downwards by accident, as this will open up a
> menu you probably did not want or even take you somewhere completely
> different.
> Note, you can also do this with a laptop trackpad, but it will only work if
> trackpad commander is turned off!
> 9. If you hear the name of the menu you wanted, or something else that could
> be new (e.g VO just saying "button") move slightly downwards so the menu will
> pop up. From this point on, you should be able to navigate through the items
> of the menu using the arrow keys.
> I figured this out just before and it worked for me to get to the quick start
> menu that VMWare Fusion integrates into the status bar, I was also able to
> access the menu of another program that I have. Not sure if this works for
> all programs - there might be some exceptions as usual, but at least it's
> something to try - good luck!
> Robin>
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