[macvoiceover] Re: Selecting text problem.
- From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:55:02 -0400
Hi,
Hmm,
in M L, I don't need to have quick nav on to select text. The selection
commands work just like they do in an edit field. Shift left/right arrows,
selects characters, shift option left/right arrows select words. Shift up/down
arrow select lines.
Ricardo Walker
ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Aug 11, 2012, at 12:17 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If you go to the main page for apple to the core you can find it. The process
> works pretty well if a little cumbersome.
>
> Using shift plus arrows in ML it seems that you have to have quick nav on and
> be in words or characters. If it suddenly stops working, like it selects a
> link for you instead of the text you thought you were on, try checking if you
> have your rotor set to links. That snagged me a couple of times before I
> realized.
>
> Ian
>
>
> On 2012-08-10, at 10:51 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Oh, Cindy, sorry about that! I just assumed you were using Mountain Lion.
>> The shift down arrow works well in ML, but, didn't always work in Lion.
>> Ricardo did a podcast on selecting text in Safari in Lion, but I can't
>> recall the URL to it. Maybe he will post it again.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Russell
>> Sent from my iMac running Mountain Lion!
>>
>> On 2012-08-10, at 9:02 PM, Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I seem to have had trouble doing this shift down arrow to select a line at
>>> a time on web pages. I am still using Lion.
>>>
>>> Cindy
>>>
>>> On Aug 10, 2012, at 10:00 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jennifer,
>>>>
>>>> Try pressing shift down arrow, to select a line at a time. Then, when you
>>>> have all the text selected you want, press command C to copy the selected
>>>> text.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Russell
>>>> Sent from my iMac running Mountain Lion!
>>>>
>>>> On 2012-08-10, at 6:57 PM, Jenifer <claudastar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>> I'm trying to select text from a web page… the text is in the middle of
>>>>> the page. I'm doing command, option, shift, a, VO is saying selected,
>>>>> but when I do a command a it dings at me like nothing's done. What am I
>>>>> doing wrong?>
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