Re: [orca-list] Focus issues in Firefox

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

This is actually improving a bit with the latest nightly builds of 
Firefox 4.0 Beta but I still find some situations where it does not work 
right all the time.  One thing that does seem to work better is to type 
the 'u' or 'v' key to advance Orca to the next unvisitted or visitted 
link respectively.  This is another example of where I wish Orca had a 
single key to go to the next link regardless of visitation status.

On 3/18/2011 3:15 PM, Michael Whapples wrote:
> What the issue is as I understand it is that tab/shift tab for links is
> handled by firefox and the other navigation is controlled by orca. As
> you cursor around, orca controls the caret and firefox is not picking up
> this navigation and so when you press tab firefox moves to the link from
> where it thinks you were (generally the last link you were actually on,
> which is different to just having the caret on the same line as a link).
>
>  From what I know having submitted other bugs against mozilla stuff I
> think this will never be fixed in 3.6.x versions of firefox and I also
> doubt that it will be fixed in 4.0.
>
> Having said that, some time ago I remember Bill Cox was looking at this
> and possibly had created some patches and a patched version was in
> vinux. I don't know what the current state of those are.
>
> Looking at it from the other angle, could orca work around the bug (not
> really the best option), yes I am sure a user satisfactory solution
> could be created.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On -10/01/37 20:59, Jason White wrote:
> > I'm using an old version of Orca until the Debian packages (in Sid)
> > are updated, so
> > this may have been addressed already. I'm also aware of an updated
> > package in
> > Debian Experimental, but I've read expressions of dissatisfaction with
> > it, and
> > I would expect another upload of the latest code fairly soon anyway -
> > thus I'm
> > holding back on the upgrade for now.
> >
> > Here's the problem, affecting a variety of Web sites with Firefox
> > 3.6.x and
> > Firefox 4.0-rc1. Most of the sites that come to mind are
> > password-protected/confidential, but when I find a good public example
> > I'll
> > submit a bug report, if appropriate.
> >
> > Steps to reproduce:
> >
> > 1. Use the cursor keys to read through a Web page.
> >
> > 2. Make sure the cursor is to the left of a link/control that you want
> > to give focus,
> > or on the line above, with no links or controls between the cursor and
> > the
> > desired link/control.
> >
> > 3. Press tab.
> >
> > Expected behaviour: the next link/control in the reading order (i.e., the
> > desired one) receives focus.
> >
> > Actual behaviour: some other, completely unrelated link/control
> > elsewhere on the page receives focus.
> >
> > Is there any chance of a really good, definitive solution to this?
>
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