That could be because of non-text elements. In other words, the page may
have changed but not in a way that JAWS can read or recognize.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Robbins" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] activate a mouse over link
John,
Yes, this is an handy action and I was about to tell you a bit about
it but Robin did a great job in getting you much more info that I was
going to say. One thing I have experienced is there are times when you
will hear that command just won't seem to work. Just an FYI should
you run into this
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of John R Vaughn
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 2:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] activate a mouse over link
Robin, Thank you so very much.
The secret here was to use the
Insertplus control and enter combination to replicate the application
cursor
going over the link to produce the "mouse over" and bring up the
desired
list of actions.
Appreciatively,John in sunny southwest florida
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]]
On
Behalf Of East, Robin
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 1:43 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] activate a mouse over link
I searched google re: JAWS MouseOver Commands. This was the result:
OnMouseOvers
Web page authors use OnMouseOvers to display text or images when a
visitor
moves the mouse pointer over a particular part of the page. The
Freedom
Scientific Product Overview sample page provides an example of a way
in
which OnMouseOvers are often used. On this page, when a user moves the
mouse
pointer over one of the product names, which are actually graphic
links, the
page displays a brief summary of the product. When the user clicks the
graphic, the page takes them to the Freedom Scientific Web site to
provide
additional resources.
NOTE: Two different things happen here depending on whether you simply
move
the mouse cursor over the graphic or actually activate the link.
JAWS says, "OnMouseOver" when you move to an element with an
OnMouseOver.
OnMouseOver is an attribute that Web page authors add to HTML elements
to
enable OnMouseOver functionality.
Open the Freedom Scientific Product Overview sample page. Read through
the
page first. It is relatively short. Notice that after the first
heading,
there are four OnMouseOver links which JAWS identifies. Continue
reading and
you will hear a brief bit of text that begins "This page is designed
to
demonstrate the use of the OnMouseOver attribute. When a mouse user
moves
the pointer over the image links ..." Go ahead and read through this
text.
When you activate an OnMouseOver in the next series of steps, this
text will
change on the screen.
Activating an OnMouseOver with JAWS actually moves the mouse cursor
over the
graphic for you. You do this by pressing INSERT+CTRL+ENTER when you
hear
JAWS announce OnMouseOver links. To see how JAWS interacts with
OnMouseOvers
on Web pages, do the following:
Go to the Freedom Scientific Product Overview sample page and press
DOWN
ARROW until you move to the one of the graphic links with an
OnMouseOver.
Press INSERT+CTRL+ENTER to activate the OnMouseOver for that link.
JAWS announces that the page has changed at a certain line. On the
screen,
the brief descriptive text that summarized how to use the page with a
mouse
is replaced by text that describes the product.
Press J, type the line number JAWS spoke, and press ENTER. JAWS moves
you
directly to the place on the page where the new text is displayed.
Using the
Jump To Line command (J) in this manner allows you to read new
information
that appears on the page when you activate an OnMouseOver. Take a
moment to
read through the new text.
Press SHIFT+J to move back to the graphic link. Holding down SHIFT
when
using the Jump To Line command moves you back to your previous
location on
the page.
Press ENTER to activate the link. This takes you to the Freedom
Scientific
Web site. You can press BACKSPACE to return to the previous page.
Try moving to the other OnMouseOver links and following these same
steps for
more practice.
JAWS Tip: Notice how pressing ENTER and pressing INSERT+CTRL+ENTER can
produce very different results with some Web page elements. Pressing
INSERT+CTRL+ENTER simulates the effect of moving the mouse pointer
over the
element, while pressing ENTER simulates the effect of clicking the
element.
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-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]]
On
Behalf Of John R Vaughn
Sent: March 1, 2013 12:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [JAWS-Users] activate a mouse over link
List, I am trying to use the "Morningstar" investment web site.
I have noticed to do certain things, I have to activate a "mouse over
link"
which will then bring up a list of actions in a list that will enable
me to
either edit, delete, add holdings to the portfolio etc.
Jaws says "mouse over" but when I do a insert F1, jaws says it is a
link and
enter on it to activate the link.
My sighted wife can activate this type of link by moving the mouse to
the
link and be given the various options.
When I try and enter on the link with the PC cursor, or route the jaws
cursor to the link and replicate a click on the link, nothing happens.
Is there some sort of special jaws command I am missing.
John
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