[gui-talk] Jaws won't say "control C" on folder names inWindows Explorer

[Joel Deutsch]

Wayne,

I'm not sure what you mean. First of all, let's get one thing out of the 
way. This has happened repeatedly, during various sessions on the computer 
with plenty of shutdowns and startups, including Jaws. Unless what you mean 
is that Jaws has to be exited and restarted within the same computer session 
for your idea to work?

As for your second idea, that I might be in the files list view (the 
right-hand pane, as I remember it from a few years ago) when I only *think* 
I'm in the tree folder view pane, and that for some reason control c and so 
forth won't work on a folder when you're "looking at it" where it appears at 
the top of a files list view pane. I did notice that starting Windows 
Explorer lands me in the files list view, from which I have to Tab back over 
to the folder tree view. I don't know why this happens. Maybe it's standard, 
and I've had a hotkey on my desktop to open Windows Explorer in the tree 
view for so long, right on Drive C, for real((I mean as opposed to landing 
on it above a list of files) that I'm confused? This is possible, although I 
don't think so. I'm pretty sure I've been in the actual tree folder view 
when this has happened.

When I boot up the little guy later to give myself some more practice, I'll 
try this all again and try to be aware of which view or pane I'm in, rather 
than assuming I'm starting on the left side in the tree view.

Mumble, mumble.----- 
Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Jaws won't say "control C" on folder names inWindows 
Explorer


Joel: are you in the tree view when you're trying to cut/copy the
item? Have you tried to do the same function in the list view, which
is one or two tabs over from the tree view? This might work out
better. If you're still having trouble, then you might unload and
reload JAWS. Unload with Insert F4 and reload from the desktop or with
a previously assigned hot key, such as Control Alt J.

Hth,
Wayne

On 1/4/10, Joel Deutsch <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> I know a lot of listers are using Window Eyes or even Macs, which leaves
> still some Jaws people I can consult here, no?
>
> IOn this notorius laptop I've just begun using, an odd thing is happening. 
> I
> use Windows explorer for most of my housekeeping, by which I mean folder 
> and
> file manipuation.
>
> Sometimes, naturally enough, I have reason to copy or even cut a folder in
> order to move it or copy it somewhere. I've long been skillful with this
> sort of operation.
>
> But on this laptop, when my up or down arrow key puts me on the folder and
> speaks its name, if I press control c Jaws says "nothing selected."
>
> Now, I remember suffering some similar problem a few  versions of Jaws go,
> but with files. Sometimes they'd defy me like that. But someone on another
> mailing list taught me that I could left and right arrow once or twice, 
> and
> that would bring the file into focus so that it could be operated upon.
>
> But you know you can't do that with a folder name. A left arrow will close
> it or take you up one level, and a right arrow will either open it, if it
> has subfolders, or do nothing at all.
>
> I've managed to get a few folders copied from my C drive to my thumb drive
> by using the copy and paste commands on the applications context menu, but
> this is awfully awkward compared to the good old Control C, Control V
> method.
>
> anhyw Any ideas? Something I can do, or reset in a menu, or something? I'm
> afraid if I call FS Tech Support, they'll just say they can't duplicate it
> on their end, wish me luck, and hang up. Maybe I'm being too harsh on 
> them,
> but I've known that to happen.
>
> thanks,
> Joel
>
>
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