Re: [orca-list] Changing Search Engines in Firefox

[Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com>]

Thanks for the reply, Krishnakant.

I learned something new from your e-mail. I did not know that ALT+Down 
would show the list of available search engines. This will definitely 
make things a lot easier for me. When pressing CTRL+ALT+K to get into 
the search field in Firefox, you can also press CTRL+Down and CTRL+Up to 
change search engines "on the fly" without opening the list of installed 
engines. The icon for the search engine changes visually, but there is 
no audio feedback to show that a change has taken effect. Thank you for 
sharing about ALT+Down. I probably did not notice it because I had 
ALT+Down mapped to Zoom Out on the GNOME shell Magnifier, so I do not 
think it would have worked for me in Firefox.

In any case, thanks for the confirmation.

Although this may not have a lot of precedence, should I still report 
this as a bug, do you think?

Take care.

On 06/08/2012 12:28 AM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> Yes I can confirm this.
> I pressed ctrl+k and then pressed alt + down arrow.
> I can hear the list of search engines with Orca all right, but after I 
> select one, I still hear search using Google, as if the search has the 
> static label.
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
> On 06/08/2012 05:18 AM, Robert Cole wrote:
> > Hello, everyone!
> >
> > I am not sure if anyone else here uses different search engines on 
> > the search bar within Firefox, and I do not recall seeing this posted 
> > anywhere, so I was wondering if this is a known issue. When in 
> > Firefox, pressing the CTRL+ALT+K key combination will place you 
> > within the search bar in Firefox. In most Linux distributions the 
> > default search engine is google. By pressing CTRL+ALT+Down and 
> > CTRL+ALT+Up one can choose a different search engine (e.g. Amazon, 
> > eBay, etc) for use. I notice that when I change the search engine to 
> > be used that Orca will repeat, regardless of the chosen search 
> > engine, "Search using Google: Entry". Does anyone else have the same 
> > experience?
> >
> > Steps to reproduce:
> >
> > 1. Open Firefox.
> > 2. Press CTRL+ALT+K to jump to the search entry field.
> > 3. Press CTRL+ALT+Down to switch to a diffrent search engine.
> > 4. Notice that regardless of which search engine you go to, Orca will 
> > repeat "Search using Google: Entry".
> > 5. Perss CTRL+ALT+Up until Orca no longer speaks and you will be 
> > returned to the Google search option.
> >
> > Thanks for any input on this one. I know that there are more 
> > important issues to be solved than this, but I just wanted to see if 
> > anyone else could confirm this. This is an inexperienced assumption, 
> > but could it be taht Firefox is not reporting to Orca that the search 
> > engine has been changed?
> >
> > Thanks again, and take care.
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