I wish the mouse pad were the cause of my problem, but since not only am I using a desk top computer, but the problem only appeared in the last few weeks after I updated version eleven I do believe that there are other factors contributing to the issue for some or many of us.
Joy Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy my original artwork at: www.tigerfeathers.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Josh To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Speaking of the mouse pad on laptops is there a way to turn this feature off in settings? If I can turn it off then I can see if maybe I am the cause of Jaws jumping around. ----- Original Message ----- From: "wild.flower" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue >I have had this happen to me off and on with the past few versions of JAWS. >For me it is not a JAWS issue. I use a laptop and there is a touch pad for >visual users to use to move the mouse around. There is also a small button >just above that touch pad that turns this touch pad on and off. If I do >not have the mouse touch pad turned off and I accidentally touch the pad >while typing, browsing or anything else the cursor will jump focus and >screw me all up and put me in a place I don't want to be. I found that as >long as I keep the mouse touch pad turned off, I never have any problems >keeping focus where I want it and everything works fine. I hope this >helps. > > Your friend, > Gena > > [email protected] > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Deanne Miller" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:16 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue > >> Sometimes when I'm writing an email, or writing in MS Word, the cursor >> will jump and all of a sudden I'm typing in the middle of the previous >> sentence or the previous paragraph. And I never know the cursor has >> moved until I review my text and find it all mixed up. It doesn't happen >> too often, but I can never figure out what makes the cursor jump like >> that. Has anyone else experienced this and, if so, is there any way to >> keep it from happening? >> Thanks for any help, >> Deanne >> 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/
