Re: [orca-list] No typing control in Ff's adress bar

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

On 05.03.2009 at 18:56:03 "David E. Price" <deprice cs utah edu> wrote:
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> Firefox (Minefield):version 3.2a1 pre
> Orca: svn trunk, rev 4621
>
> When I initially open a window/tab, orca doesn't read the words as i
> type in the location edit box. Let me rephrase that... I very
> occasionally get a word spoken if I type very slowly and pause after
> hitting a punctuation key ('.', '/', etc.), but most words are not
> spoken even under these conditions. I always have the ability to move
> by character using the cursor keys with Orca reading the characters. I
> can also always get the contents of the location edit box using
> Orca_modifier-Keypad_Enter.
I cannot do so, because the content of the address bar isn't unmarked.

> I have a feeling that this may be related in some way to the
> autocompletion list. Once or twice, as I was typing very slowly, I got
> a fragment of a URL from the autocompletion list. Additionally, once I
> pressed the down arrow to enter the autocompletion list, pressed the
> Escape key to return to the edit box, then continued typing the URL,
> Orca read every word without delay.
Interesting, I will test this. However: I'm not very happy with that
autocompletion stuff: It is well meant, but sometimes it turns out to be
a handicap. Would be nice, if the user can deactivate that.
Hermann