Could this be what started happening to me using JAWS 10 after updating to
the latest JAWS 11? Did FS change something in the Common software?
ever since the last JAWS 11 update I often have my focus go somewhere
strange. It occurs when opening certain websites, when my JAWS script
opens a page in a new window, and when I use Tab browsing! For instance, if
I am scanning through an RSS feed using the '2' quick navigation key, find a
headline I am interested in, then I press Control + Enter to open that link
in the background. I use this method so I can skim through all of the
headlines then read all of the articles of interst later. Now, after
activating the link, the focus goes away! I have found if I press Tab the
focus moves to the address bar. Pressing Shift + Tab will move back to the
activated link location! This is extremely annoying!
Don Marang
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From: "Brian Lee" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:09 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How can I set IE8 so Jaws starts off in the
Webpage pane instead of title bar
Hello Prateek,
There are a couple things you might consider. First of all, if you press
CTRL+9 you will move the focus directly to the web page. This will often
work faster than using f6 or tabbing.
You can set Internet Explorer to open in full screen mode. Choose full
screen under the view menu and then close the browser. When you open the
browser again, it will be running in full screen mode. However, I found
that when using a blank starting page the focus still went to the address
bar. When using a web page that isn't blank in full screen mode the focus
went to the body of the page as you would expect. In full screen mode you
can still access menus and use hotkeys. You can also use F11 to turn on
full screen mode.
You can run the browser in Kiosk mode. In Kiosk mode most hotkeys will
work
but you cannot access a menu bar. However, when a blank page is your
starting page, it will load as expected and not go directly to the address
bar. Use the run dialog box to use the Kiosk mode. Use Windows key+R to
bring up the run dialog box. Type in "IExplore -K" without the quotes.
If
you press enter you will be taken to your start page. If the page is
blank
there will be nothing to access. Again, you can use hotkeys to open pages
and perform other actions but you won't be able to use the menu bar.
There
is a context menu with limited choices on it when in Kiosk mode. In the
run
dialog box you can also follow the IExplore -K command with a space and a
specific address to open.
You might find that just pressing CTRL+f9 will work for what you are
wanting
to do.
Take care.
Brian Lee
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dujari,
Prateek
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [JAWS-Users] How can I set IE8 so Jaws starts off in the Web page
pane instead of title bar
Hello.
Using Jaws 11 on both an XP as well as a Win7 PC, each time I start up IE8
(which is set to 'blank' as my home page for faster loading of IE8), type
a
URL to go to upon loading that web page the JAWS virtual PC cursor always
lands on the title bar. Then I have to tab few times to go through the
tool
bar, menu bar, the annoying bing default bar and such before I can
actually
land on the web page pane and start to read the page. How can I set
either
IE8 or JAWS11 so the virtual PC cursor lands directly on the web page pane
so I can start reading the page right away?
Prateek
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