Interesting. What version of JAWS are you testing with? What version of the Flash player? Can you post a link? The FLA?
Thanks, AWK > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of JerBrand > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:09 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] Accessibility: TextField Reading Twice > > Desperate for help, have been fighting this issue for a week: > > I've been playing with a set of components for non-technical users: > Basic idea is to provide some simple "full page" components > that are accessible without any real effort on the user > building the fla. > > So, they're finished and have been reviewed by a > accessibility place out of VA. Everything seems to be working > perfectly, spare one silly item: > When JAWS is reading the page content, The TextField in one > and only one component reads twice, every time. However, if > you tab from item to item in the flash movie, none of the > items read the text twice. > > I've viewed the movie in the debugger and confirmed that the > text is only set for that TextField and doesn't appear > anywhere else. I've traced out text for every MC on the page, > and I've set the TextField __accProps to be silent and added > the text to the _accProps.name of the containing MovieClip. > Still reads twice. If I strip out the accessibility code for > all items in the component, that bit of text is read. > > Anyone know of a way to figure out what's happening? > > The accessibility code is very simple: > > _textOne._accProps = new Object(); > > _textOne._accProps.name = removeHTML(__text1); > > _textOne._accProps.forcesimple = true; > > _textOne.tabIndex = _loc2.text1; > > > _textOne is a MovieClip with a TextField inside of it at 0,0. > Really the only thing it adds is a setSize() method that > resizes the TextField if the layout changes, and a get/set > "Text" property. The rest is as simple as it sounds. > > Thanks for the help > > Jer Brand > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
