Nice try. but there's no mention of table navigation in this Guide - the
basic manual you get when you purchase a Focus40 blue. .
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From: "David" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How to simulate arrow keys on a Brailledisplay
keyboard?
Maybe this would be helpful?
http://www.freedomscientific.com/documentation/Focus-40-Blue/Focus-40-Blue-U
sers-Guide.txt
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maria
Kristic
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 1:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [JAWS-Users] How to simulate arrow keys on a Braille display
keyboard?
Hi, All.
I feel a bit silly for asking this, but I currently do not have a
Braille
display with a Braille keyboard so cannot test myself, and I am still
uncertain of the answer to this question even after reading all of my
screen
reader's commands for one such display. I am looking in to my options
for
one of these displays in terms of which one I will purchase, and so
that I
am on the same page with whomever might be reading this, the products
to
which I just alluded are JAWS 12 running on a 64-bit edition of
Windows 7
and a Focus 40 Blue Braille display. Anyway, I am wondering how one
would
simulate the arrow keys, both by themselves and in conjunction with
modifier
keys, when controlling one's computer via the display? For instance,
let's
say that I am navigating a tree view. On my computer's QWERTY
keyboard, I
use the UP/DOWN ARROWS to move between items within the same level
(and I
presume that the Whiz Wheels set to List Mode or the rocker bars of
the
Focus can be used for this purpose?), and the LEFT/RIGHT ARROWS to
expand/collapse levels (and this is where I am uncertain?). I am aware
that
ENTER and BACKSPACE (i.e., Dot 8 and DOT 7, respectively, on the
Focus) can
be used to move between levels as well, and I presume that this would
work,
but BACKSPACE does not collapse any level; if I wished to explicitly
collapse a level in order to have less items to move through with
UP/DOWN
ARROWS or first-letter navigation, I would press the LEFT ARROW twice
on a
QWERTY keyboard, but again, this is where I am uncertain as to how it
would
be done when controlling one's PC solely from the Braille display? As
another example, suppose that I wish to utilize the
ALT+CTRL+LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN ARROW commands when navigating a table. I
assume
that I would begin by pressing DOTS 3-6-8 CHORD to simulate the
CTRL+ALT
modifier keys, but then what? Again, how do I simulate the arrow keys?
The
only thing I can think of is to use DOT 3 CHORD (i.e., the Previous
Character command) to represent a LEFT ARROW, as this command would be
replicated as such on a PC (i.e., LEFT ARROW moves one back a
character on a
QWERTY keyboard), and, in a similar vein, DOT 6 CHORD for RIGHT ARROW,
DOT 1
CHORD (Previous Line command) for UP ARROW, and DOT 4 CHORD as the
DOWN
ARROW. Am I correct in my thoughts, or are the arrow keys simulated in
different ways when performing commands such as the above?
Thanks much in advance for any assistance; it is much appreciated. I'm
sure
that something incredibly rudimentary is escaping me here and thus
preventing me from figuring this out, *sheepish grin*. I look forward
to
hopefully being straightened out!
Best,
Maria
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