[nfbcs] nfbcs Rearraging iTunes playlist

Mon May 18 16:47:49 UTC 2015

Hello Nicole,

I first would like to ask you what operating system you are using? Is it MacosX or Windows? The exact instructions for this will be different depending on which OS you are using but generally it will be the same. I use MacosX and this works perfectly for me.

For MacosX:
1. select the playlist you would like to edit. In my case it was Fall out boy.
2. Navigate to the menu bar and select the "View" tab and locate the "View Options". Activate this option. On a Mac the keyboard command is "CMD j"
3. In this view you will see a few options for how the view of your playlist is laid out. Currently it is most likely set to organize the playlist based on artist which is ordered from the album you got the songs from most likely. In this case it was the "American beauty American Psycho album"
4. You should be presented with a couple of options to arrange the songs by artist or album in the form of pop up list boxes. Find the Artist option and activate the pop up list. Once you locate this control scroll through until you find the "Manual" option then activate it.
5. Once activated you should return to your playlist and begin arranging. To do this on Mac it is pretty simple and will be different on Windows and even different if you are using Window Eyes or Jaws. These instructions are for Mac but the next instructions should work on Windows no matter which screen reader you are using.
	A. locate the song you want to move.
	B. Move your mouse pointer to that song using (Function + CTRL + Option + CMD + F5) it is basically the entire bottom row of the keyboard from the left edge to the spacebar then the F5 key
	C. Once it has focus you will again press the same four keys on the bottom row and add in the shift key followed by a press of the spacebar. The command should be
	(Function + CTRL + Option + CMD + Shift + Spacebar press) You should have heard a click followed by your screen reader speaking "Mouse down".  
	D. Now press and hold the VO keys (CTRL + Option) to navigate to the place you would like the song moved to. You should hear a dragging sound during this navigation. Once you locate the spot you want it moved to press the same set of keys you pressed in step C. to un-click the mouse and drop it there.
Just as a note the location you chose to drop your song in will be placed below the title you hear. For example if I am dragging track 1 and want it to be placed as track 3 I will need to navigate to track 2 and drop it.

Option 2 which should work on Mac and Windows no matter the screen reader:
1. Follow all the same steps above to switch the sorting option to "Manual"
2. Once in Manual sorting mode find the playlist you want to arrange then locate the song you want to move. I say it this way just in case you have a playlist you created and did not come from a CD or Album. Activate a "right mouse click which is the "Applications" key in Jaws.
3. Navigate to the option "Show in Finder on Mac or Show in windows explorer if on Windows. I am assuming that is what it will be called on Windows. You just want to locate the option which will bring up the song in the containing folder on your system.
4. Now right click on the title in Windows explorer and rename the track with a number prefixing the track title in the order you would like it placed in your playlist. For example I moved the song Centuries to number one and the kids aren't alright to number 2 by placing a 01 and 02 in front of the track name respectively.
Note if you already have numbers 01 and 02 prefixing songs you will most likely want to rename these as well or you will not get a true arrangement. 

That should do it for you. I know this seems like a lot of work but once you enable Manual sorting of your playlist the rest is just a matter of you ordering your playlist the way you want it. I know it is far from a single keyboard command but it should work. Hope this helps.

Bryan Duarte
ASU Software Engineering Undergraduate
USG, GLC, Launch Point, Changemaker SLT, Career Peer
Qwik Eyes CEO

> On May 18, 2015, at 5:00 AM, nfbcs-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
> 
> Send nfbcs mailing list submissions to
> 	nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> 
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> 	http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> 	nfbcs-request at nfbnet.org
> 
> You can reach the person managing the list at
> 	nfbcs-owner at nfbnet.org
> 
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of nfbcs digest..."
> 
> 
> Today's Topics:
> 
>   1. Rearranging a Playlist in iTunes (Nicole Torcolini)
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 09:00:08 -0700
> From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
> To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nfbcs] Rearranging a Playlist in iTunes
> Message-ID: <1C9F011260864A22B6026BDCB3B630DA at NicoleDell>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
> 
> Does anyone know how to use the keyboard to rearrange the songs that are in
> a playlist in iTunes?
> 
> Nicole
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Subject: Digest Footer
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nfbcs mailing list
> nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> End of nfbcs Digest, Vol 132, Issue 13
> **************************************