Re: [orca-list] Installing add ons in Thunderbird

[Tim <isfeldt gmail com>]

Thanks so much! lol now I have to figure out how to get back and forth 
between focus /brows mode. I forgot.  Thanks for the help!


On 09/28/2015 07:50 AM, Zahari Yurukov wrote:
> Hi,
> I think we're talking about a different issue here.
> So we're going into Tools -> Add-ons, and it opens in a new tab. There
> is a button "Tools for all add-ons", where we're supposed to find an
> item "Install add-on from file". The problem is, that the button "Tools
> for all add-ons" can not be activated with either space or enter.
> However, it could be activated by routing the mouse pointer to it and
> activating a left click with the Orca's commands, which indeed opens a
> context menu.
> There is another problem here, that this context menu doesn't gain focus
> automatically, so it appears that nothing have happend.
> Actually, this is some sort of web page and we're in browse mode at this
> point. So if we switch to focus mode, we're able to navigate the
> mentioned context menu with the arrow keys.
> I.e. after clicking on "Tools for all add-ons", just switch to focus
> mode and then use the arrows to navigate within the menu and select
> "Install add-on from file".
> After that, a "Select add-on to install" dialog will open. After you
> choose the file with the add-on, you'll have to confirm the
> installation. After the add-on is installed, you may need to restart
> Thunderbird for the add-on to become active.
>
> Best wishes,
> Zahari
>
>
>
>
> On 28.09.2015 14:54, B. Henry wrote:
> > Firstly, make sure that add on is still supported. Thunderbird add-ons that I've used hae lost support as 
> > version update often.
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