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

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hey Kendell.

I've just committed a change to master which should hopefully improve
things. It works with the one on Google, and it works with the Dojo
combo boxes. However, it only sometimes works with the one at Walmart.
Funny thing about that one: Sometimes it claims to be a combo box;
sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, it claims to be an entry that is
not inside of or otherwise connected to a combo box. If a widget gives
no indication whatsoever that it's an editable combo box, there's not
much I can do.

That said, hopefully on other sites with editable combo boxes, Orca is
doing what you want it to do. Lemme know.

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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