[macvoiceover] Re: Dragging and dropping in Lion

  • From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:31:34 -0400

Not that I know of.  I suggest just dragging one to the left, and the other to 
the right to try to insure they are overlapping as little as possible.

Ricardo Walker
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On Mar 19, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is there a way to tell if both windows are visible?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ian
> 
> On 2012-03-19, at 11:21 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Where the new drag and drop comes in handy is when dragging and dropping 
>> from 1 window to another.  The trick is, both the spot where the item is 
>> being dragged from, and the spot where it will be dropped, must be visible 
>> on the screen.  I must say, besides Mail, I haven't really found a 
>> compelling reason to use this over cut and paste.  Although, I guess there 
>> might be many users who have apps where this method comes in more handy.
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>> www.appletothecore.info
>> 
>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ok, I have yet to be successful doing a drag and drop with the VO comman VO 
>>> period method introduced in Lion. In the getting strted guide the method is 
>>> to use shift VO command space to lock and unlock the mouse, which ahs 
>>> workedfine so far.
>>> 
>>> Using the example of a playlist in iTunes, the mouse lock method allows me 
>>> to move tracks up and down, but the VO comma/period method results in the 
>>> message, failed to drop on.
>>> 
>>> So where does the VO comma/period method work well, and is there a systemic 
>>> reason that it doesn't work in an iTunes playlist?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Ian
>>> 
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