Accessing Further Actions for Messages Posted in Facebook - VoiceOver

Facebook App: Opening the Actions Menu for a Message Post

A topic that crops up for many new users of the Facebook app on iOS is how to interact with a message post - such as how to edit or even delete a post you've just made.

Now, there are actually some different approaches you can take but the easiest and most common route to achieve these kinds of tasks is to use the Actions Menu. This is how it works:

1. Locate a message post that you have created in Facebook or, alternatively, post something to your timeline that you can use to play with.
2. Focus on this post using the ONE FINGER SCANNING technique or by SWIPING LEFT or RIGHT as necessary.
3. With the post in focus, use the TWO FINGER TAP gesture and you should hear VoiceOver say "alert, choose an action." This indicates that the main Action Menu is open.
4. SWIPE RIGHT and move through the options in the menu. Although the options will vary depending on context, you should find items such as: Like, Comment and More.
5. Focus on the More menu option and DOUBLE TAP to activate.
6. Focus will now move to the additional options allowing you to choose from further actions, such as Edit and Delete. Choose as necessary and you're done!

Remember that you can also use the main links for liking and commenting on a post if you find the Actions Menu tricky to use.

Have fun!