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

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hmmm, might Wallmart be using round robin servers that are not fully
sync'd somehow?

Just trying to explain what you saw! Totaly OT, really.

Janina

Joanmarie Diggs writes:
> 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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