[gui-talk] Hot to toggle off IE7 History pane?

[Charles Oppermann]

Ah, I figured it out.  It depends on whether or not the various panes (History, Favorites and Feeds) are "pinned" or not.  Pressing CTRL+H will always show the History pane, but it is not a toggle, so pressing it again does not make it go away.

If a pane is un-pinned it overlays the text of the web page.  Selecting an item in the and pressing Enter will make the pane disappear and focused placed back on the web page.

However, if the pane window is pinned, then it appears on the left, but the width of the web page is reduced so they do not overlap.  Selecting an item from the pane does not make the pane disappear when it is pinned.

So, adding Shift to the keyboard sequence makes it a toggle.  Pressing CTRL+SHIFT+H will make the History pane appear as a pinned pane.  Pressing CTRL+SHIFT+H a second time hides the pane and returns focus to the web page.

Same is true for Favorites (CTRL+SHIFT+I) and Feeds (CTRL+SHIFT+J).

Hope this helps.

Charles Oppermann | Program Manager | Speech Components | Microsoft Corporation
http://blogs.msdn.com/chuckop/

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:47 AM
To: GUI-Talk
Subject: [gui-talk] Hot to toggle off IE7 History pane?

In IE 6, as in IE 7 now,I used to be able to display the browsing history
tree by pressing control H. Then I could navigate it very simply, perhaps
pressing Enter on some link in order to revisit a page if I wished, then
return to the History pane by learning a sequence of Tab and Control Tab
keystrokes that seemed to take me through some parts of the Web page I was
on plus a visit to the Tool Bar, just announce in a general way.thouryug .

But in IE 7, I'm not sure what to do. I find that I'm still able to display
History by pressing Control H, but I can't seem to simply turn it off the
same way. I've tabbed around at that point, and been reminded that what I
encounter before getting back onto the Web page that's loaded at the moment
involves stepping through several unfamiliar stops in what I guess is all
the IE Tool Bar, but with more controls in it than before. For instance, my
tab key brings me to a History button, which I don't remember from the IE 6
tool bar,but I have no idea what to do with it, I mean, without seeing it
and using the keyboard, of course. Just pressing enter on it doesn't seem to
do anything. I have a feeling, from reading some of the Help files related
to the History topic, that there are arrows and other signals that tell the
mouse user how to do stuff like open a list of options or actions, or
whatever. But for me, that button is simply inert and useless, at least
until someone explains its use  to me.

Anyway, if my description sounds befuddled, that's because I am. I need what
I can't seem to find in the Help files, just a description of a typical IE 7
interface screen explaining what's there besides the Web page you're on, how
to navigate among these page elements and how to use them. I remember
there's supposed to be yet another sort of bar, what's it called, an
Information Bar or something? I don't know, it just seems (especially when
opening a page as a Tab) that sometimes I seem to get stuck in some
elaborate jungle at the top of the page (I imagine it as the top, but I
don't really know) that's got all sorts of controls, something to do with an
abbreviated Google function (no, I didn't install the Google Tool Bar) and
God knows what else, and sometimes it takes me many presses of the Tab key
through this maze, hearing misleading stuff along the way that makes me
think I'm finally on the page itself, before I actually am on the page and
ready to go.

I say that just to confess how confused this can sometimes make me, though
other times a page loads and it's plain and simple unless I go into the
address bar and then make the mistake of tabbing around and getting lost
again.

But back to the beginning. How do I simply turn off the history pane, once
I've turned it on?

thanks.

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