Re: [orca-list] Thunderbird/Firefox: Directory to save file in notspoken

["David E. Price" <deprice cs utah edu>]

Hi,

I've filed a bug report for this here:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536455

dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David E. Price" <deprice cs utah edu>
To: "orca-list" <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 9:04 PM
Subject: [orca-list] Thunderbird/Firefox: Directory to save file in 
notspoken


> Hi,
>
> I have run across this problem in both Thunderbird and Firefox. When I
> enter the Save As dialog box and Shift-Tab to the combo box used to
> display the directory in which the file will be saved, Orca does not
> speak the name of the directory when focus arrives at the combo box.
>
> Examples to duplicate:
>
> Thunderbird: A message arrives with an attachment. With the message view
> window open, pull down the File menu, choose Attachments, which produces
> a submenu containing the names of the attachments and a few other
> options. Arrow to the attachment you want to save, press the right arrow
> to get into the submenu, and select "Save As".  When the dialog box
> appears, Shift-Tab four times to reach the "Save In Folder:" combo box.
> Do you hear the name of the folder spoken?
>
> In Firefox: You are viewing a page and you decide to save the page. Pull
> down the file menu and choose Save Page As. The Save As dialog will
> appear.  Shift-Tab four times to reach the "Save In Folder:" combo box.
> Do you hear the name of the folder where the page will be saved?
>
> A work-around is to activate the combo box using the space bar, and the
> name of the current folder will be spoken. Press the space bar again to
> close the combo box.
>
> Is anyone else seeing this behavior?
>
> Thanks,
>
> dave
> box.  Do you hear Orca speak the
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