Re: [orca-list] a page where the enter key does not activate a link

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Ah, understood. Apologies for not getting that before. When you use the 
activate button, Orca hopes that the default action is the right one and 
invokes it. Apparently in this particular case it is.

Thanks for the clarification!
--joanie

On 6/10/20 09:44, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> OOPS!
>
> Forgive me, but I think I did not express myself correctly, there are no 
> problems in the orca. I just wanted to register how do I activate the link.
>
>
> On 6/10/20 10:36 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > I'm afraid I don't understand your point. Here are my steps to 
> > reproduce the problem:
> >
> > 1. Do not start Orca.
> > 2. Tab to the link in question
> > 3. Press Enter
> >
> > Expected results: Pressing Enter would cause something to happen.
> > Actual results: Nothing happens.
> >
> > So I can confirm that there is a problem. But I do not understand how 
> > it is an Orca problem. So please clarify.
> >
> > Sorry and thanks!
> > --joanie
> >
> > On 6/10/20 03:00, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > > To activate the link, I display the list of links using alt + shift + 
> > > k, select the link using the arrows, press tab until I find the 
> > > option activate and press the enter key.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > On 6/9/20 11:28 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > > Confirmed. Same things happen without Orca running.
> > > >
> > > > Note that Orca does not override what happens when you press Tab or 
> > > > when you press Enter. The idea is that the web page author and the 
> > > > browser know far better than Orca what those keys should do.
> > > >
> > > > --joanie
> > > >
> > > > On 6/9/20 04:10, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > > > > Hi all.
> > > > >
> > > > > To reproduce try the following steps:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Using firefox go to https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2. After the page is loaded press ctrl+home and press t until you 
> > > > > find the following table:
> > > > >
> > > > > Linux VS Code Insiders downloads
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 3. Press tab and then press enter.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Nothing happens despite the focus being on a link.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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