Re: Jaws opening submenus of context menus

Cher, it would be worth checking to see if the JAWS cursor is tethered to the 
PC cursor when this happens.  Pressing the Control JAWS Key Keypad Minus 
combination is a toggle, turning this mode on and off.  Sometimes, the JAWS 
cursor could just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, causing 
whatever element it hovers over to react to the mouse pointer.

Gary King
w4wkz@xxxxxxxx

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cher Bosch 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:12 AM
  Subject: Re: Jaws opening submenus of context menus


  Gary-  You're making me wonder...  I've had an intermittent problem with my 
new computer when the menus would just start going nuts- opening, clicking, 
highlighting all over the map- with no ability to stop it with the keyboard or 
enter keyboard commands because everything was moving so fast.  The only way we 
stopped it was to use the physical mouse to click somewhere outside the menus.  
Could this be an example of what you're describing?

  Cher



  >>> "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxx> 04/29/07 5:26 PM >>>

  Doug,

  You may have the JAWS cursor tethered to the PC cursor.  Hold down Control 
  and the JAWS key and press Keypad Minus.  Hopefully, you will hear the 
  message "JAWS cursor will not follow PC cursor."  When the mouse pointer 
  hovers over a menu, it will cause the behavior you are describing.

  Gary King
  w4wkz@xxxxxxxx

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Doug Lawlor" <dlawlor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 10:47 AM
  Subject: Jaws opening submenus of context menus


  > Hello List:
  > I have already sent this question to Freedom Scientific tech support but I 
  > am wondering if I can get an answer before tomorrow. This is truly driving 
  > me nuts!
  >
  > Thanks to all for any help on this.
  >
  > Doug
  >
  > If I open a context menu using the applications key and arrow to an item 
  > that contains a sub menu, the sub menu automaticly seems to open. 
  > Pressing
  > the left arrow key does not close the sub menu. Is this a  Windows or Jaws 
  > problem? How do I fix this behaviour? This is making the  use of a lot of 
  > my
  > applications almost useless.
  >
  > Thanks in advance,
  >
  > Doug
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