Re: [orca-list] orca not selecting text when using shift+arrows in firefox?

[Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976 gmail com>]

Hi,
Most of the time you can select text using arrows and shift but Orca will not speak the text. If you just need one line the easiest way is to press shift and end. If you need a lot of lines you can read through them and count then go back and hold shift and press down the number you counted. If you use my customizations file, available at:
http://www.stormdragon.us/orca-customizations/
You can read anything you have copied to the clipboard by pressing orca+r.
the only times this doesn't work is when the page has something like google ads on it. For some reason it seems that focus moves to the ads when you try to select and copy text. It doesn't happen all the time but usually.
HTH
Storm

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On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 21:00 -0700, Justin Mann wrote:
> HI all,
> Starting to use orca, but I notice that in firefox when I am attempting to select text to copy/past, using the shift+arrows doesn't work.  Also, which directory do I put the .orbitrc file in so that orca can have root access?  Does it go in my home directory, or the actual /root directory of my Ubuntu System?
> Thanks,
> Justin
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