[macvoiceover] Re: Trackpad on laptop
- From: Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:31:56 -0500
Well, one solution is to pair a bluetooth trackpad with your laptop. Then check
the checkboxes under trackpad options in System Preferences > Universal Access
to ignore the trackpad when there's a bluetooth trackpad.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
On May 17, 2012, at 2:56 PM, Ian Edwards wrote:
> Then I'm not sure, as I tried to do teh same thing on my MacBook Air. From
> what you mentioned previously, my guess is turning off the commander will
> accomplish 99% of what you want in terms of accidental contact moving your
> cursor or focus. I say 99% because physically clicking the pad down will do
> something even if the commander is off.
>
> If I come across the way to disable the track pad completely I'll let you
> know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
>
> On 2012-05-17, at 1:51 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>
>> Yes, that's right. It's the trackpad itself I'd like to be able to turn off
>> completely sometimes, not just the commander.
>>
>> --
>> Cheryl
>>
>> May the words of my mouth
>> and the meditation of my heart
>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 17, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I don't think this is what she was talking about. She wants to turn off
>>> the trackpad itself, not trackpad commander.
>>>
>>> Ricardo Walker
>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>>
>>> On May 17, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You use the rotor motion with the VoiceOver keys. If you're not familiar
>>>> with the rotor gesture, it's 2 fingers on the track pad, then rotated
>>>> clockwise or counter-clockwise, as if you are turning a dial. It's pretty
>>>> forgiving, but the closer you can get to the 2 fingers going around a
>>>> circle the better, I find using index and middle finger on the same hand
>>>> works best.
>>>>
>>>> VO rotor counter-clockwise turns off the track pad commander, clockwise to
>>>> trun it back on.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>
>>>> Ian
>>>>
>>>> On 2012-05-17, at 8:45 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>
>>>>> This question may have an obvious answer but bear with me anyway please!
>>>>> i understand about the trackpad commander and that's fine. But when I'm
>>>>> doing a lot of typing and don't want to accidentally hit anything on the
>>>>> trackpad, is there a way to turn it completely off so nothing happens
>>>>> when I hit it accidentally or move my fingers across it? In other words,
>>>>> I like the trackpad but there are times when I would like the trackpad to
>>>>> be completely dead, off, unresponsive. Can this be done?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>>
>>>>> May the words of my mouth
>>>>> and the meditation of my heart
>>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>>>>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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