Hi Susie; I know exactly what you mean. Try doing a little experimenting. The next time you are on a website click on a, " on mouse over " and see what comes up. Use that information about on mouse over in my last post as a guide for experimentation when playing with the on mouse overs. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: susie Q To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] clicking on links that say on mouse over with jaws
well that ws a good explination but I am still not understanding it! but thanks fr trying susie TOMORROW IS ALWAYS FRESH WITH KNOW MISTAKES IN IT YET ANNE OF GREEN GABLES ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] clicking on links that say on mouse over with jaws > Hi Susie; > > Below is an explanation of " on mouse over " that was posted by a fellow > list member awhile back. > > From: > Donald Marang > > It means that there is an element on the web page labeled, "Reply all", > that > will perform an action when the user hovers the mouse over that element. > JAWS does not attempt to evaluate the action the designer assigned to be > performed. This is usually just some animation or effects, written in > JavaScript, that are useless to us. Other times it will pop up with > additional text, like a definition, like a Tool Tip balloon in an > application. And to make things confusing for us, sometimes the > JavaScript > code will go to another page. > > To have this action performed, JAWS can let you access this information by > pressing Control + Insert + Enter. I am not sure how this is different > from > forcing the mouse (JAWS cursor) over the element by Routing the JAWS > cursor > to the PC cursor (perhaps it is the virtual cursor at this point?) with > Insert + numPad Minus (-). I am glad that JAWS now allows me to know that > there is some code here that may provide hidden information. > > Note that this action is different than what happens when the user clicks > on > that element, or in our case pressing Enter. On some elements, you might > have to try all possible keystrokes to get it to do what you want. Keep > in > mind web designers like to get creative and put in extra, non-standard > stuff. > > Don Marang > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: susie Q > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:04 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] clicking on links that say on mouse over with > jaws > > > what is this any way? I hear it allot, and don't know what it means or if > we > can turn it off! I go on my danielle steel website and it says it all the > time! susie > TOMORROW IS ALWAYS FRESH WITH KNOW MISTAKES IN IT YET > ANNE OF GREEN GABLES > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kimsan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 11:44 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] clicking on links that say on mouse over with > jaws > > >> Try insert CTRL enter. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Head >> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:32 PM >> To: Jaws users list >> Subject: [JAWS-Users] clicking on links that say on mouse over with jaws >> Importance: High >> >> Hi all, >> I am trying to access my tafe library for study. There are a set of links >> the particular one I need for some reason, I can't go to it. >> when I arrow down, this is what jaws says: >> study help clickable on mouse over >> How do I get into these kind of links please? >> from Andrew >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
