RE: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields

You can go in to adjust JAWS options and cut this feature off if you like.
Press insert V, and then look for the option to disable auto forms mode.  
 

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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Peter
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:53 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields 


That doesn't work. JAWS still goes in to autoforms mode straight away even
if you have a delay set. I have told FS about this with no response. Will
phone sight and sound tomorrow.
 
Peter


From: Roy Nickelson <mailto:roylee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:37 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: Re: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields 

sounds like the navigation quick key delay setting might be a good one for
you to check out.
Roy
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Brian Giles <mailto:briangiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:41 PM
Subject: RE: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields 


I love autoforms mode, but I hate it on pages with the auto focus in an edit
field, like google and youtube. As I use quick navigation keys a lot, it
gets really annoying when I hit H for the next heading and it starts typing
and I don't realize it so press enter, and it searches for something with an
H at the beginning of my search query. The page will load and I'll hit
escape or numpad plus to get out of forms mode, but then the page reloads
and forms mode gets turned on again. So I'll think forms mode is off since
I've told JAWS to get out of it, but then it'll start typing.

 

Kind of ironic how pre JAWS 10, I'd sometimes forget to turn forms mode on
and start jumping all over the page, which got really annoying when a
sighted person was trying to help me with something. And now that there's
autoforms mode, it is activating sometimes when I don't want it.

 

Is there a way to leave autoforms mode on, but require you to manually enter
forms mode on pages with auto focus to edit fields? I would love that.

 

Brian

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