Re: [orca-list] Your opinion regarding caret control in Gecko

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com> wrote:
 
> As a result, here's what I'm thinking/wondering: What if Orca always
> controls the caret when that setting is enabled? This would be somewhat
> like forms mode: When you want to interact with a form control -- or an
> ARIA app -- using the arrow keys, you would turn off caret navigation by
> pressing Orca + F12. When you wanted to move around in the text, you
> would turn on caret navigation by pressing Orca + F12. Orca would stop
> doing this automatically.

If you are on a SELECT element, this should also prevent inadvertently
changing the value by pressing up/down arrow keys with the intention of merely
moving the focus.