RE: Combo boxes that respond as if selected with the down-arrow.
- From: Leonard salinas <lbs@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 07:40:30 -0600
you have to press enter first and then press alt+down arrow to open the
list. once you are on the one you want, press alt+up arrow to close the
list and that will activate the link.
on Thursday 12/4/2003 07:22 AM, Robert McCoy said:
>The alt plus down arrow does not seem to open the combo box. Enter does open
>the box, but when I hit the down arrow to select a product, it activates the
>link immediately and takes me to a download page preventing me from making
>the selection that I want, which is not the first one in the combo box.
>
>
>
>Robert McCoy
>(506) 459-6636
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
>Behalf Of Ammar Elsherei
>Sent: December 4, 2003 8:26 AM
>To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Combo boxes that respond as if selected with the
>down-arrow.
>
>
>Hi Robert,
>Press alt and cursor down to open the menu, then use your up and down cursor
>to browse through.
>I hope this helps.
>
>Ammar Elsherei.
>Egyptian Composer and Musician.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert McCoy" <rmccoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Jfw (E-mail)" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:20 PM
>Subject: Combo boxes that respond as if selected with the down-arrow.
>
>
>Thanks in advance and hope this is clear.
>When on a combo box and hitting down arrow to highlight a desired
>selection, sometimes the link is activated simply by hitting the down arrow
>instead of the enter key or tabbing to a button for submit or select.
>How does one make choice selections in this situation without starting a
>download of something you do not want.
>I am using XPHome, Jaws 5x, and IE.
>
>The download page of www.ultralingua.com has a combo box that act this way,
>the one for select product to download.
> Again, thanks in advance
>Robert McCoy
>(506) 459-6636
>
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