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

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

"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."

I think this worked once or twice for me, but usually it fails.  I've 
also tried shift-enter, which works for some apparently similar links on 
the Windows box, but so far it's never worked on the Linux machine.

Al


On 04/09/2013 11:18 AM, Clinton Waterbury wrote:
> 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.
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> The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp