As stated further down in the messages " 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. "
You can read to the bottom and it is all there. Regards Tom Bisset -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of randy tijerina Sent: March 5, 2013 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] activate a mouse over link I'm curious about this also. How do you active the onmouseover link? At 08:57 AM 3/5/2013, you wrote: >It is the list, the folks on the list and, of course, the moderators >and owners that need to be thanked. I appreciate the requests and >answers on this list and it is nice that I can from time to time give back. >Glad this worked out for you. >Robin East > >-----Original Message----- >From: JAWS-Users-List >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John R >Vaughn >Sent: March 1, 2013 01:08 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 >INSERT+CTRL+the >element, while pressing ENTER simulates the effect of clicking the element. > > ><< Back > Jump to: Table of Contents Navigating Web Pages Temporary vs. >Permanent Changes Tables Forms Frames Languages OnMouseOvers Dealing >with Difficult Pages Using the JAWS Find Command Skim Reading >PlaceMarkers Personalized Web Page Settings Speech and Sounds Schemes >Custom LabelsSearch Engines Using HTML Help Systems Settings Packager >ARIA Live Regions ARIA Live Regions, Atomic Next >> > > >-----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 > >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/ 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/
