Re: [orca-list] Keybindings for ARIA landmark roles

[Krishnakant <hackingkk gmail com>]

yes it has the reference in accessibility guidelines as well.
I just got a bit confused.
well, I think it will be a good idea to have some key combination or
hotkey for this feature, most websites dont implement landmarks often
though.

happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 09:46 -0500, Willie Walker wrote:
> Hi Krishnakant:
>
> The content provider provides the landmarks as part of the markup.  What 
> the Orca feature does is allow the users to navigate between them quickly.
>
> Will
>
> Krishnakant wrote:
> > Hi wil,
> > So you mean the user will set the landmarks as per the need and
> > preference and then orca should move to those landmarks is it?
> >
> > Is this not what bookmarks feature does?
> >
> > or is that orca will decide on some logical decision?
> > happy hacking.
> > Krishnakant.
> > On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 09:29 -0500, Willie Walker wrote:
> > > Hey All:
> > >
> > > I need your input.
> > >
> > > Right now, we have two unbound functions in Orca to jump to the previous 
> > > and next ARIA landmark.  The main purpose of a landmark is to help 
> > > identify portions of a web page that are of some typical interest to a 
> > > user.  For example, the "search" area, the "navigation" area, the "main 
> > > content" area, etc., can all be landmarks.  See 
> > > htp://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria/#landmark for more info.
> > >
> > > To avoid cluttering the keymap, we've not bound these two functions to 
> > > key combinations in Orca.  I've received a few requests, however, to 
> > > provide default keybindings for them.
> > >
> > > An example use of landmarks is at http://wiki.codetalks.org.  If you 
> > > want to try them out:
> > >
> > > 1) Give the Firefox window focus
> > > 2) Press Ctrl+Orca+Space to bring up the Firefox-specific preferences 
> > > for Orca
> > > 3) Go to the Keybindings Tab and define bindings for the next and 
> > > previous landmark functions.
> > >
> > > The 'l' and 'Shift+l' bindings are taken for navigating between list 
> > > items, but 'm' and 'Shift+m' seem to be free.  I'm curious about your 
> > > thoughts on using these keybindings for navigating between landmarks. 
> > > 'm' would take you to the next landmark in a page and 'Shift+m' would 
> > > take you to the previous landmark.
> > >
> > > Will
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