[orca-list] writing a web app that works well with orca

[Todor Fassl <fassl tod gmail com>]

I am writing a web app that nobody will ever use but myself. Actually, 
it is a pretty cool app allowing me to maintain my D&D character sheets 
on-line. The problem I am having with orca is that orca seems to read 
all the text to the left of a form control within a tabel cell. If I 
have a table cell with several form controls, as I tab from one control 
to the next, orca speaks all the text in the cell to the left, even if 
there is another control in between. A typical example (not for this 
app) might be city/state/zip. You might have a form with a table cell 
that had a "city [text box] state [text box] zip [text box]" If you 
tabbed to the city field, orca would say "city entry". But then when you 
tabbed to the state field, it would say "city state entry". And when you 
tabbed to the zip field, it would say "city state zip entry". If there 
is something I could put in between to let orca know not to go any 
further left, I'd just do that.


I am guessing if I put a line break in there it would work. Certainly 
putting the fields in different table cells would also do it. I am just 
hoping there is another way to tell orca not to go any further left that 
does not require a line break.



One other thing is that orca does not seem to recognize or read alt text 
for a form control. Is that right? Am I doing something wrong?