Re: [orca-list] Combo Boxes

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Regarding your comments about firefox combos, I don't know if its from
something else (possibly a reminant from when I used windows), but I
thought officially it was meant to be alt+down to open the combo, and
then after that (while combo open) up and down moves the selection, and
alt+up closes it. This would remove this problem (which I think is a
problem which could do with being corrected). Alternatively, it could
work like the standard linux combo which you press space to open it and
make the selection and press space to close.

From
Michael Whapples
On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 19:56 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> How are these supposed to work?
>
> I can't seem to get the combo box in Pidgin off its default 'aim'
> selection. How is it supposed to work?
>
> On the other hand, I believe the combo boxes in Firefox should be
> rethought. While it's convenient to simply arrow down to make a
> selection, the up and down arrow keys also navigate page content. Thus
> there's a significant risk of changing a combox selection without
> intending to do so. I suggest two such important controls shouldn't be
> on the same key binding. Thoughts?
>
> Janina