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

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

I've also seen this and have, frankly, wondered what this could mean.

Is the "combobox" nature some sort of auto completion? Is that what
"combo" means in this context? I haven't stopped to try and figure that
out.

My general experience with autocompletes is that the machine is more
often wrong than right, but your mileage may vary, of course.

Janina

kendell clark writes:
> 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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