Re: [orca-list] oddity with some search fields

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hey Kendell.

Noted. I'll add this to my list. Thanks!
--joanie

On 07/01/2016 12:25 PM, kendell clark wrote:
> hi all
> I'm writing in to report some strangeness with some search fields on
> websites. Steps to reproduce: go to either www.walmart.com or
> www.google.com. Orca reports both search fields as a combo box, but
> enters focus mode correctly for you to enter text in. I'm wondering if
> this might be changed to something like ... editable combo box maybe or
> combo box entry ... I'm not sure what a good name would be for it. THe
> problem is, I'm not sure if there's a way for orca to distinguish
> between normal combo boxes and these search field ones. Orca works with
> the fields just fine, it's just a bit odd. Can anyone else confirm this?
> Also, the shortcut for going to the next entry doesn't work on these
> fields, you need to use the shortcut to jump to the next combo box. I'm
> guessing there's not much that can be done since it depends on how the
> website was coded, but just thought I'd bring it up.
>
> Thanks
> Kendell Clark
>
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