Re: [orca-list] orca and thunderbird filter creation issue/ question not sure

[Majid Hussain <mhussaincov93 gmail com>]

hey there,
i've tryed your solution,
expanding the box does work selecting sed folder does not i hear the
name of the folder but when i tab to okay and press enter it still
tells me that a folder must be selected
Majid

On 25/09/2019, Peter Vágner <pvagner pvagner tk> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I have just tested this with Thunderbird 71 daily and it appears to work
> fine. I hope it will work the same way with Thunderbird 68 as packaged
> in Arch linux.
>
>
> When setting up actions for the filter first I have to choose the action
> so I select move to folder.
>
> Then I press the tab key and focus moves to the collabsed combobox. I
> can expand the combobox by pressing alt+down arrow key, navigate by
> using up and down arrow keys, expand folders with right arrow key and
> collabse with left arrow keys.
>
> It would be more natural if expanding the combobox by pressing alt+down
> arrow would not be necessary but yeah, you know linux a11y is all about
> invisible workarounds these days.
>
>
> Are you trying it this way?
>
>
>
> Greetings
>
>
> Peter
>
>
> Dňa 25. 9. 2019 o 18:57 Majid Hussain via orca-list napísal(a):
> > hi there,
> > i'm trying to create a message filter,
> > in thunderbird,
> > i have choosen to move this person's mail to a subfolder of the local
> > folder's tree not the mail account tree.
> > when i try to select any sub folder e.g expand the local folder's tree
> > nuthing happens.
> > am i doing something incorrectly, or is orca doing something incorrectly?
> > basicly, i'm not able to expand the subfolder of the main folder.
> > here's an exammple:
> > i'm wanteing to move a load of messages via a filter to a folder named
> > fanfiction.net in the local folders sub folder.
> > currently pressing write arrow does nuthing, shift plus write arrow
> > does nuthing and pressing enter tells me you must select a target
> > folder, sorry if this seembs like a thunderbird issue not orca one,
> > hence i'm asking for your fign advice:
> > running latest orca along with updated with latest thunderbird the
> > system was installed this morning,
> > on arch linux,
> > thanks for your help in advance,
> > Majid


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kind regards,
Majid Hussain