JAWS – Perform non-contiguous file selection in Windows Explorer

JAWS – Perform non-contiguous file selection in Windows Explorer

Problem

A customer may have a collection of files in a particular folder from which on only a few needed that are not all next to one another.  


Resolution

Use the steps to carry out non-contiguous file selection.

  1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder with the files to be selected.
  2. Navigate to the first file that needs to be selected.
  3. Then press CONTROL+DOWN arrow to navigate to the next file to be selected and stop.
  4. Then press CONTROL+SPACEBAR to select the file.
  5. Repeat step 3 to select the next file and select it until all files are selected.
  6. Then press carry out copy/cut operation as usual on the selected files.