Thanks for this Keith. I was wonderring how this worked. Now, here
is my question. command q, nor command w seems to close the
dashboard. I know Im on Tiger, but there should I'd think, still at
the very least be a way to close it.
Chris.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Reedy" <WA9DRO@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:58 AM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Updated guide for widgets with leopard and
maybe Tiger.
Ok some of this stuff will work with Tiger, but, much better with
Leopard.
Just a Word or Two about Widgets with Leopard Voiceover.
Widgets are really working well in Leopard. I have checked out
ESPN and have it set up for football, so I can keep track of my
Colts, I have been able to look at a word in dictionary and the
list goes on. What an improvement over Tiger.
Remember to close your widgets when you are done with them, in
other words, don't leave a bunch of them open at one time, because
they take system resources.
You can bring up a list of commands by pressing, VO keys-h twice.
Here are some commands I think you will find helpful.
To Select a Widget
VO keys-f2 twice for the window chooser and arrow down to the
widget bar. Press VO keys-spacebar and arrow down through your
list of widgets. To choose the one you want press, VO keys-
spacebar.
To close a widget, Vo keys-command-f2 while you are on the widget,
or, the name of the widget and Voiceover will tell you to press
return to close the widget.
*** When you set up your weather widget for your area, if you
close it, you will lose your settings.
If you want to change the behavior of your widget, for instance
in the ESPN widget if you want to change from football to
basketball, just go to the info button, click on it and you will
find a popup button which you can use to change sports.
Here is the way to find new widgets, now over three thousand,
news, weather, sports and so much more.
From the widget bar, choose widgets and press VO keys-Spacebar.
In this list you can VO keys-right and left arrow through your
listed widgets and uncheck them to disable them. Voiceover keys-
shift-end to the end of the list and then VO keys, left arrow
back a couple of times to more widgets and press VO keys-spacebar
and go widget hunting. Not all of them will work because of there
graphic nature, however, you will find that a good number of them
will.
Keith Reedy
wa9dro@xxxxxxxxx
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