As you're finding out, what we call the information bar acts inconsistently, and I have sometimes found that the arrow keys work instead of tabs. But for the most part, it works fine with tabs. Would you care to have other people on the list look at the webpage that's giving you a problem?
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 5:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading the IE notification bar Insert + B does get the notification bar read, but first JAWS starts reading the contents of the Internet Explorer window but only reads the window's title before reading the notification bar, I will need to try it with more web sites to see if that is by design or specific to that web site. The left and right arrows don't seem to do anything, to navigate the buttons in the notification bar you have to use tab. I did find a possible way to do it though, but like insert +B, it needs more testing to see if it works for most, if not all web sites. Press Alt + N to give the notification bar the focus, then switch to the touch cursor, then right arrow once to hear the notification message, then switch back to the virtual PC cursor to continue navigating the buttons. I've sent Freedom Scientific a suggestion that JAWS should read the notification message after Alt + N is pressed and before the buttons are presented. Cheers! On 1/5/2017 5:10 PM, Adrian Spratt wrote: > Have you tried using right and left arrows instead of the tab key after > pressing alt-n? > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Gene Warner > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 4:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading the IE notification bar > > Alt + N doesn't work. > > While Alt + N does bring focus to the notification bar, all JAWS reads at > that point is the button caption that is currently selected. It does not read > any message or query that might be in the notification bar. > Attempting to tab to the text to get JAWS to read it only moves the focus > away from the notification bar requiring another Alt + N to get back to it. > > Thanks anyway. > > > > On 1/5/2017 4:14 PM, Shai wrote: >> Hello there, >> Try pressing alt+n. This keystroke should bring focus to the >> notification bar in Internet Explorer and allow you to read it. >> I hope this helps >> >> >> On 1/5/17, Gene Warner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi all! >>> >>> One of the more irritating aspects of Microsoft's decision to >>> replace dialogs with a notification bar in Internet Explorer is that >>> JAWS seems very reluctant to read the contents of the notification >>> bar. It will eventually read it, but not until it has read >>> everything else >>> >>> Does anyone know if there is a way to get JAWS to read the contents >>> of the notification bar on demand, rather than having to wait for it >>> to be read? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> 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/
