Re: [orca-list] Orca reading things not on screen in FF?

[Clinton Waterbury <cwaterbury comcast net>]

On 04/09/2013 07:42 AM, Mike Gorse wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It seems that I am constantly running across controls on web pages 
> that require mouse clicks to activate them (ie, pressing space or 
> enter to activate them doesn't cut it), and, when I enter flat review 
> to try to cut them, the flat review cursor is moved to the file menu, 
> rather than the control where Orca thinks that the caret is 
> positioned. My guess is that the control that I have selected isn't 
> actually on the screen, but I could be wrong. I can't figure out how 
> to scroll it onto the screen or otherwise be able to select it. Does 
> anyone have any advice?
>
> Thanks,
> -Mike
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What I do when I encounter things like that is press the left or right 
arrow in the spelling of the control and then use numpad slash to clock 
the control.