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

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

No problem, Rob. It's a good suggestion, and it seems to actually work
except for the page refresh message from Firefox getting in the way.

So, no fault by me! <smile>

The trick that nobody said out loud was the combo key to open, but then
just the down arrow to navigate the options. If anyone else is
struggling with this, that's the magic it seems. At least it's working
brilliantly in cups, and I'm as functional as ever I was with cups.

Best,

Janina

Orca screen reader developers writes:
> 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
> > > >
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> > Janina Sajka
> >
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-- 

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