Right clicking on blank parts of the desktop?

["Al Puzzuoli" <alpuzz gmail com>]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a desktop icon.  From what I understand, the way to do 
so is to right click on a blank part of the desktop; However, the problem 
I'm experiencing is that focus always seems to land on an icon; therefore, I 
wind up  with the context menu for that particular icon as opposed to the 
general menu that would allow me to create a new item.  Is there currently a 
workaround to this issue?  If not, I wonder whether any workaround should be 
a function of the screen reader, or of the desktop itself?


Thanks,

--Al