You use Alt-down-arrow to open a combo box and alt-up-arrow to perhaps close
it.  You cannot read all of the options in a display.  Instead, while not in
Browse mode, you press alt-down-arrow, then a series of down-arrows to
explore the combo box.  If you tab away from that combo box or press Enter
on it, you have selected the item.  Mostly you can up and down arrow to
explore the options.  There are pages where tabbing away from the combo box
causes the page to refresh with new content reflecting the selection.  On
other pages, Window-Eyes doesn't correctly read what has been selected in
the combo box and yiou must arrow to something, use ctrl-shift-A to re-enter
Browse mode and see what you have selected, then either change your
selection and recheck or accept the selection by pressing a Submit button.

Anyway, the important thing is alt-down-arrow to open the combo box (while
not in Browse mode) and then the arrow keys to make the selection within the
combo box.


Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terri Pannett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 5:46 PM
> To: GW Micro
> Subject: combo boxes
> 
> I'm using WE 6.1 and I'm having trouble reading combo boxes on web pages.
> I've tried control down arro, shift down arrow, alt down arrow, shift alt
> down arrow, and none of them succeeded.  How can I read the combo box
> without selecting an item?
> 
> 

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