Re: [orca-list] Combo List Issues in Cups -- Both Firefox & Chromium Broken?

["Rob" <captinlogic gmail com>]

That was my fault.
On some websites alt down arrow doesn't work, so I suggested ctrl+down arrow, which does. One example is 
paypal's card payment website.

----- Original Message -----
From: Janina Sajka via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
To: Rynhardt Kruger <rynkruger gmail com>
Cc: Orca List <orca-list gnome org>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 17:26:08 -0500
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Combo List Issues in Cups -- Both Firefox & Chromium Broken?

> Ah, this slow learner finally got it. Alt+Down-Arrow to expand the combo
> box, then down arrow through the options. That works.
>
> Thanks, Rynhardt!
>
> Best,
>
> Janina
>
> Rynhardt Kruger writes:
> > Hi, I usually press alt+downarrow to expand combo boxes. Is ctrl+downarrow
> > also supposed to work?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rynhardt
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Mar 2020, 13:10 Janina Sajka via orca-list, <orca-list gnome org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, All:
> > >
> > > I recently got a new printer. Naturally, I want to configure it to
> > > function from my linux computers. That means working with cups.
> > >
> > > Last time I did this, cups still worked with lynx and I had no issues.
> > > But, the cups of today no longer functions with lynx. So, I turn to
> > > firefox and chromium and fail on both as follows:
> > >
> > > After logging in as administrator I try to setup my new printer. I note
> > > the setup doesn't go well. I cannot reliably set my new model as the
> > > default. My old default configuration is still there, even though that
> > > old printer is physically gone.
> > >
> > > OK. I need to delete the old printer configuration files--and that's
> > > where the trouble starts.
> > >
> > > I ask cups to list out my printers. It lists one printer, the old one I
> > > want to delete. Perfect.
> > >
> > > Next I go to the first of the combo lists, the one where the top default
> > > choice is "Maintanance" and try to arrow down. No joy. No joy either
> > > with Ctrl+Down-Arrow.
> > >
> > > It's one of those stupid combo lists where the selection is effect as
> > > soon as you arrow to the item.
> > >
> > > Chromium doesn't work at all with this combo box. Ctrl+Down-Arrow does
> > > nothing for me in Chromium.
> > >
> > > Firefox appears to work, but after pressing Ctrl+Down-Arrow in Firefox I
> > > get the message about the page auto-refreshing. If I explore the screen
> > > before accepting the auto refresh, I see that I am indeed on the second
> > > item in the combo list, Print Test Page. However, there's no way to get
> > > to the third, fourth, etc., items that I can find. Accepting the
> > > autorefresh sets the top selection back.
> > >
> > > I have been unable to find where, if anywhere, I can prevent Firefox
> > > from autorefreshing.
> > >
> > > <begin rant>
> > > What's with refreshing on localhost anyway? How smart/stupid is that on
> > > a sale of 0 to 1?
> > > <end rant>
> > >
> > > Any suggestions much appreciated. Is it me? Or a bug somewhere--probably
> > > in cups itself?
> > >
> > > Janina
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Janina Sajka
> > >
> > > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org
> > >
> > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
> > >
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> --
>
> Janina Sajka
>
> Linux Foundation Fellow
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>
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