Hi Adrian, Yes, Spanish JAWS versions fill this edit box automatically too, but I usually change this automatic text a bit, especially by making deletions. As an example, in a website in which articles aren't marked with headings nor regions, I added a placemarker into the line it tells the estimated reading time. When I first added this placemarker, the automatically generated text included the specific time of the article I opened at that time, for example: “Estimated reading time: 6 minutes”. To make the placemarker helpful for all articles, in addition to checking the box to apply this placemarker for all pages in the current domain, in the automatically generated text I removed everything after the colon.
You surely also keep this in mind when creating a placemarker, but I never needed to mark a place in which there is a link to make the placemarker to be reliable. The only case in which I had bad experiences was visiting a previously placemarked page but using a different web browser than the one used when I created the placemarkers. I suppose this is somewhat related to the Responsive Web Design about which Freedom Scientific posted on their blog at the end of 2017, but I had problems even on very standard HTMLs. Hope it helps! -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2018 5:45 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Permanent placemarkers Yes, Fernando, and I usually check that box. To add to what you write here, when you check the "anchor to text" box, a new tab field appears with the text JAWS detects at that location. This is the edit field you refer to, but (as I'm sure you know) it isn't blank. You have a choice of keeping that text or, as you suggest, typing in something different. However, I can't quite see why one would write something different. Regardless, this "anchor to text" option in the dialog can help in maintaining the placemarker but, in my experience, it is no guarantee. Even if the Website designer keeps the same text there, I've found that a text-associated placemarker isn't necessarily reliable unless it is also associated with a link. It sounds as though your experience might be different. I wonder, for example, if the Spanish version of JAWS doesn't fill in the edit field. I should mention that I haven't read anywhere about this link relationship. It's just something I noticed over time. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Fernando Gregoire Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2018 4:05 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Permanent placemarkers Hi Adrian, Have you looked at the Associate with Text checkbox? When adding a placemarker this checkbox is unchecked by default, so you mark a line in the virtual representation instead of a specific text, therefore any small change on the page causes the link or whatever unit you have marked to be misslocated. If you know a string of text that the part you want to mark always have regardless of changes, you can check this checkbox, tab once and enter the corresponding part of text. By the way, you will always reach the same element as long as the string of text you have associated to the placemarker is present, no matter of the line number. Hope it helps! -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2018 8:31 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Permanent placemarkers Earlier this week, Justin commented that placemarkers don't always hold their place, which is true. However, I've found that they are dependable when I put them on a link. Sometimes it means putting it a line or two away from a logical spot, but I think they've been stable every time I do this. As a reminder, the dialog to set a permanent placemarker is begun with control-shift-k. Tab from there. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ --- El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca de virus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
