Re: [orca-list] A few questions regarding Orca and different behaviors and tips

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

Thanks for this refresher.  I use some of the keys regularly, but have 
forgotten many that would be good to add to my memory banks.


Al


On 1/31/21 5:15 PM, Mewtamer via orca-list wrote:
> In addition to l to jump to the next list, i will jump to the next
> list item. Speaking more generally, most of the alphanumeric keys on
> the main section of most keyboards have some kind of navigational
> hotkey function, many of which are shared between Orca, NVDA, and
> JAWS.
>
> In addition to l for lists and i for list items, Orca's navigational
> hotkeys include:
> h for headings
> 1-6 for headings at specific levels
> k for links
> u for unvisited links
> v for visited links
> b for buttons
> r for radio buttons
> x for check boxes
> c for combo boxes
> e for text entries
> a for clickables
> s for separators
> q for block quotes
> t foro tables
> g for graphics
>
> And I'm sure I'm forgetting a few I never use. For any of these,
> pressing thte hotkey jumps to the next element of that type, shift and
> the hotkey jumps backwards, alt+shift+hotkey brings up a list of
> elements of that type on the current page, and at least in Orca,
> things wrap around if you go beyond the first or last of a given
> element type.
>
> Also Orca+A will toggle browse and focus mode. These hotkeys generally
> only work when in browse mode, and some element types only work if you
> switch to focus mode(you can use b to jump to a button then press
> enter to activate it, but after jumping to a text entry, you'll want
> to switch to focus mode if you want to type in it instead of using
> further hotkeys. The Orca key is usually set to insert for Desktops
> and caps lock for laptops.
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