Hi, My point was, if you are typing in a date and need to use the slash key you should not have been in browse mode, therefor not needing to use the bypass key. For some reason Browse mode was on and you used the bypass key.
Chris -----Original Message----- From: Vaughan DoddVaughan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 5:12 PM To: Chris Grabowski; 'gw-info@gwmicro. com' Subject: Re: Annoying Browse Mode Problem also some bad form design, along with rod's reminding me that the forward slash is a window-eyes browse mode command. in fact, it defaulted to today's date, which my braille display reported as having - "dash" separators. i have speech punctuation turned off. so the syntax said dd/mm/yyyy, but the entry needed to be dd-mm-yyyy. how stupid is that? with all of this in mind - i am holding out for the new and improved browse mode. we are unlikely to ever have a truly perfectly designed form that ticks all of our boxes, but the interaction between the screen reader, the browser and forms needs to be more robust. thanks. vaughan. even with using the bypass command, entering the date was still problematic,yes to all of this, but On 30/05/2014 8:12 p.m., Chris Grabowski wrote: > It sounds like Browse mode is on when you are trying to fill in the form. > Toggle off browse mode with control-shift-a. > It is also possible automatic form interaction is enabled and the site might > be triggering browse mode. In any case when in browse mode press > control-slash to toggle off automatic form interaction, then control-shift-a > to toggle off browse mode. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vaughan DoddVaughan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 6:09 PM > To: 'gw-info@gwmicro. com' > Subject: Annoying Bropwse Mode Problem > > Greetings eveyrone. > > A browse mode problem which I have never experienced before - > suggestions please? > > I am completing a form, which seems to be correctly labeled. However: my > problem relates to the edit box into which date of birth should be entered. > > the format is dd/mm/yyyy, but when I enter the slash separator, between > day and month, Window-Eyes says 'in control search ode" - a message > which I have never seen before. > > Internet Explorer didn't even get me this far with the site in question, > so am resorting to Firefox. > > I will of course try the details without the slash separator, but think > it likely that the entry wil be rejected. > > Thanks for suggestions. > > Vaughan. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
