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

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hi, Didier:

Yes, you're right. My problem is I can never remember the command names,
let alone all the arguments you need to string together to get these
console utilities to work. I guess I just don't do this task often
enough.

I used to use lynx, so I never learned the commands, though I've always
been aware they're available even when I can't remember them by name.

Listen to me defending the value of the gui. Miss Console herself!
<smile>

Best,

Janina

Orca screen reader developers writes:
> Howdy Janina,
>
> I havent used cups since a long time but can't you use the
> console apps like lpadmin, lpoptions, lpinfo instead of the
> web browser interface?
>
> Best,
>
> Didier 
>
> Le 02/03/2020 à 12:09, Janina Sajka via orca-list a écrit :
> > 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
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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