Hello Bill, I think that the only way you can read a character at a time in a HTML combo box in Internet Explorer is to have JAWS spell the line. This will not allow you to navigate by character but you will hear each character spoken. Use Alt+down arrow key to open the combo box. Use up and down arrow keys to move between the combo box choices. Hold down the number pad insert key and press the number 8 twice quickly before releasing the insert key to have the current line spelled. If you are using a laptop configuration then hold down the caps lock key and press the letter I twice before releasing the caps lock key.
In order to copy individual combo box items to the clipboard to be pasted in Word you should set JAWS verbosity to "select and copy from virtual cursor." Use JAWS key with V to bring up the adjust JAWS options dialog, press V until you are at the virtual cursor group, and use down arrow to the "select and copy" choice. Use spacebar until "from virtual cursor" is selected. Press enter key to save any change you make. Move to the combo box and use alt+down arrow key to open it. Use down arrow key to an item to be copied and then use Alt+up arrow key to keep that item selected and close the combo box. Use F8 to select the item and then use CTRL+C to copy it to the clipboard. Do the same steps for each item except append the other individual items by using Windows key with C instead of CTRL with C. You can then open your destination program and paste the items. Another thing you can do is open the source file. The "source" choice is under the view menu in Internet Explorer. The source file should open in a different window. In the source file use CTRL+F to bring up the find dialog box, type in something like the word laser and press enter. The lines of the source file that list the combo box items are 404 to 422. Each line has other information on it but you can hear each item by moving a line at a time with the down arrow key or up arrow key. You can also move to line 404 and then hold down shift while you down arrow to line 422 to select the lines that contain the list of items. Copy the selected lines to the clipboard and paste them in your destination document. These are just a couple suggestions that you might want to try. Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Tipton Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 9:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] Combo Boxes IE |Reading Character By Character Hi all, How can I read the selections character by character in a combo box in Internet Explorer 7 or 8 with JAWS 11? (Without Routing JAWS to PC Curser) Web site I am having difficulties with is: http://vausnzpro.austin.hp.com/508Accessibility/Vpat_Select_VPAT_hp.aspx?VPA T_product_category_code=24 Problem is when you activate the combo box on Product Family trying to verify the product you are looking for. Is there a JAWS setting I can change, or a JAWS keystroke I can use to enable me to read the product name character by character? I would also like to be able to copy the selection in that combo box to Word or Outlook. Thank you, Bill 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/
