Hi Don, in Firefox, it is always recommended to drop down the combobox with Alt+DownArrow. Make your selection using the Arrow Keys, then Alt+Up Arrow to accept that selection. Unlike other browsers, this does not automatically load a new page in dynamic comboboxes. Instead, you have to press Tab once to get focus away from it. This is intentional behavior to always guarantee full control over what's happening and not pull a focused item out from under you.
The announcement of "collapsed" is also intentional. It indicates that this combobox is not dropped down and that there are items to find by dropping it down. Hope this helps! Marco Donald Marang wrote: > I have removed the hack to force JAWS to load the Firefox 2 scripts in > Firefox 3. With these scripts in place, combo boxes (drop down lists) and > list boxes are mostly unusable. One useful task performed in these scripts > is making an announcement in tab browsing. Speaking, "New tab page" for > immediate feedback. Overall, I would say that they break more than they fix. > > Even with the scripts disabled, I still have a few problems with combo boxes > in some instances. One little annoyance, but not a actual problem, is that > in Firefox "collapsed" is announced after reading the combo box. > > On one web site I use a lot for TV listings, zapp2it, the dynamic combo box > for available channels only shows up with one entry, "My Stations". It > should be loaded with over 700 stations in my case having > direct TV. It loads other dynamic combo boxes, such as the date to view. > This box only gets filled with about 14 values. Perhaps it is simply the > number of values? > > The link I use in my desktop Shortcut is: > http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/partners/grid.asp?partner_id=paret2 > > This shows me a listing of my favorite stations for the current time. There > are a series of combo boxes to select other times, dates, or stations. You > will probably not see the series of combo boxes mentioned unless you at least > enter a zip code and then select a cable/satellite provider. I went further > and customized my listings by creating an account and selecting the stations, > sort order, and how I want to view the grid. I don't think you need to do > this. This is an invaluable site for me. I found it on the Reading Eagle > (PA) newspaper site. > > Don Marang > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.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 Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.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]
