Re: [orca-list] Problems with today's Firefox 3

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

Hi, Joanie,

Sorry, I was trying to activate it using the space bar.  Guess I should have 
gone back to the wiki to do a little reading...  The tab key does the trick.

I'm still seeing a number of other funny issues, but I would like to look at 
them more carefully tomorrow.

As an aside, I had a number of different errors sent to the terminal this 
time. Firefox was working well, though, so it is tough to judge there 
relevancy.  If you would like to look at them, I'll capture them and send 
them to you.  Please let me know.

Thanks for all the work!

dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joanmarie Diggs" <joanmarie diggs gmail com>
To: <deprice cs utah edu>
Cc: "orca-list" <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Problems with today's Firefox 3


> Hi David.
>
> I'm not sure about the errors.  But with respect to this:
>
> > book a flight.  I typed in two airport codes and moved down to select a
> > date from the combo boxes, but I couldn't activate the combo boxes to
> > make changes.
>
> We've worked very hard to avoid having a special mode for interacting
> with forms.  <smile> By the same token, it's a drag to accidentally find
> yourself changing the selection in a combo box or a list when all you
> wanted to do was explore the page.  Therefore, if you've come across a
> combo box or a list via the arrow keys, you've moved to it but you're
> not in it.  You're essentially immediately before it.  Therefore you can
> use Tab to give it focus because it's the next focusable object.  If the
> combo box or list is contained in a form, you can also use Orca+Tab
> because it's the next form field. Please give these a try and let us
> know.
>
> Thanks and take care.
> --Joanie
>
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