Jon and others - That's not a bad suggestion, but I think I know what the reaction from FS might be. One of the most basic design philosophies they try to adhere to with respect to JAWS is that JAWS should do _nothing_ that modifies normal Windows behavior. Obviously, they aren't able to stick to this 100% of the time, but it explains why, for example, you now hear the address bar in Internet Explorer if/when you hit the TAB key as soon as a web page loads. This is exactly what Internet Explorer does for a sighted person and the fact that JAWS didn't duplicate this behavior was actually regarded as a bug. I'm still trying to get used to this, since I've always used the TAB key to navigate from link to link in IE. Automatically opening a combo box wouldn't be in keeping with the design philosophy and quite likely wouldn't be implemented for that reason.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cohn, Jonathan C [IT]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:11 PM Subject: RE: [jaws-users] navigating a combo box Just a short bit of explanation here. Those 'annoying' web sites that do something as soon as you hit 'down-arrow' on a combo box are being a little extra convenience for the sighted world. In a sighted browsing experience these combo boxes show up as menus when clicked on. Once a menu item is selected a 'JavaScript' (sort of like 'on mouse over') takes over and automatically hits the 'submit' button on the form that is associated with the combo box. As stated in previous messages, it is a good habit to hit alt-down-arrow on the combo boxes so that the menu pops up just like in the sighted world. I wonder if IE scripts could be modified so that when in 'forms' mode and on a combo box check to see if combo box is open on down-arrow and open it (equivalent to alt-down-arrow) if not open? Jon Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
