Re: [orca-list] Two Firefox issues

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Will take a look. Thanks for the report!
--joanie

On 7/23/19 9:17 AM, Nolan Darilek wrote:
> Hey,
>
>
> Experiencing both of these with Firefox Nightly and Orca master. Begin 
> by visiting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20499467.
>
>
> 1. Arrow down into the page somewhere.
>
> 2. Press Ctrl-Home to move to the top of the page.
>
> 3. Press Down-arrow a couple times to navigate past the header links, 
> right above the table.
>
> 4. Press Tab.
>
>
> Result: Firefox jumps focus back up into the New/Threads header links. 
> Expected: I should land on the next link after the cursor's location.
>
>
> I often use this technique to try leaving the comment thread and reading 
> the article, but I have to arrow over the link rather than tabbing to it 
> once I'm past the initial header links.
>
>
> 1. Navigate somewhere down in the same page.
>
> 2. Very quickly, press Ctrl-Home, Ctrl-F, then type "charger".
>
>
> Result: The Find prompt opens, but most of "charger" is interpreted as 
> Orca commands. So Orca searches the page for combo boxes, headers, 
> clickables, ... and eventually some characters land in the search box. 
> Expected: Firefox searches for "charger" and the characters aren't 
> interpreted as Orca commands.
>
>
> As an aside, would it be possible to use Escape to cancel long-running 
> Orca searches? Sometimes, for instance, I use the "navigate to next 
> large object" command and Orca hangs for 5-10 seconds at least, and 
> that's on my high-end desktop. In cases like this, I wish I could just 
> press Escape and give up on the search.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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