Hi, Victor. I also close my choices with alt up arrow once I've selected the item I want. I was just on the Albertsons web site earlier today and had to fill out the credit card information. There's also a combo box where you have to choose the time you want the groceries delivered so I made my choice for tomorrow afternoon. I used to not close my choices but not too long ago I bought a tutorial on Jaws and the internet. That's how I learned about closing the list box once you've made the choice you want. Rosemarie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Making a selection in a combo box
> Hi Lisa, > > In addition to what has already been said, in my experience, I find it > best, > after you've used the alt+arrow keys to open the combo box, then arrowed > down to your selection, and, upon reaching your choice, it's best to close > the combo box with alt+up arrow, as this will complete the selection, and, > I'm assuming, will refresh the page to reflect your selection. > > At that point, once the page refreshes, you can simply press the letter C > key for the combo box, and Jaws will take you straight to the combo box, > assuming that it's the only one on the page, if it isn't, you can just > keep > pressing the letter C until you get to the combo box you just made the > selection in and continue filling out the form at that point. > > I do this because sometimes the author of the webpage doesn't take us into > account, and the fact that we have to arrow through the selections so we > can > hear what they are, so if we press tab to go to the next form field, the > combo box will sometimes not make the change we want, and stay on the > original selection, at which point, we have to go back to the combo box, > and > redo the selection. > > This way, I know it's made properly and I'm not putting my fate in the > hands > of someone who failed to take us blind folks into account. Smile. > > Victor > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
