Re: [orca-list] keystroke problem: number pad slash and star

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

OK, in your Buddy List hit F10 to go to the menu bar. The first item 
should be Buddies, which is the menu item you want. Now press down arrow 
until you get to the Show item, which is a menu and press right arrow to 
expand it. Down arrow to the Empty Groups option, which should be your 
second option. It's a toggle, so if it says it's unchecked then hit the 
space bar to change it to checked and hit the escape key to close your 
menus. Let me know if you have any other questions.

On 11/19/2013 10:15 AM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> :I'm trying to join a channel using instructions I was pointed to. My 
> comments are after the ones I've copied here.
>
> Join the #freeculture IRC channel
>
>     Select Buddies » Add Group... and make the name of the group IRC. 
> Click ADD.
>
> I was able to do this.  I forget whether I used clicking instead of 
> more normal keystrokes.
>
>     Check Buddies » Show Empty Groups to make the IRC group you just 
> created visible.
>
> This was where I got stuck.  It seemed I had to click to get the menu, 
> and, incidentally, didn't find "show empty groups".
>
> Thanks again if you can help me get this straight.
>
>
>
> On 11/19/2013 10:49 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote
> > What in Pidgin are you trying to do? I use it on Vinux, a Ubuntu 12.04
> > distribution running Orca 3.4.2, and I don't think I ever need to
> > emulate a mouse click with Orca, except when clicking on a link in a
> > chat history.
> >
> > On 11/19/2013 08:28 AM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> > > Greetings!
> > >
> > > I'm trying to get set up with Pidgin.  There are points in this that
> > > seem to require using number pad slash for clicking like a mouse. I've
> > > found that after using the key once or twice, the next use switches me
> > > to "window" or another program I'm running. I then tried using number
> > > pad asterisk for clicking.  It worked once, then also did the old
> > > program switcharoo.
> > >
> > > I went into Orca preferences, generally and for Pidgin.  I was able to
> > > retrieve the clicking behavior, once, anyway, but the problem quickly
> > > recurred.
> > >
> > > I haven't seen this behavior outside Pidgin, but don't use those keys
> > > much.  I first saw it last week.
> > >
> > > I'm using Fedora 19 and Orca 3.8.1.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > >
> > > Al
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