Re: Windows XP, Jaws 8.0 and the mouse!

  • From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:15:33 -0600

The easiest way to deal with the system tray is hold down the  Jaws key and hit 
F 11. Then you can arrow through and enter on the items. By enter on the items, 
I meant hit the enter key, not left mouse button or right mouse button. If you 
do it this way, you may use the PC cursor.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Marc Rocheleau 
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: Windows XP, Jaws 8.0 and the mouse!


Hey again,

I don't think I am explaining myself properly. I know how to get to the system 
tray and have no problem with that. For whatever reason I can't hover over the 
icons there in the system tray with jaws cursor and when I switch over to PC 
cursor I can get to the system tray and its icons. When I use the numpad to 
click on the icon jaws says I have selected, it reacts as if I am clicking with 
the cursor from my actual mouse which is in another area of the screen.

So say my real mouse cursor is over an icon on the desktop. If I navigate with 
the PC cursor to the system tray, go over an icon and right click, it will 
instead react as if I was right clicking on the desktop icon where the mouse 
cursor is, not the one in the system tray.

When I navigate with the jaws cursor it either reads only the taskbar or the 
system tray clock, it won't read the icons to me.

I hope I explained it well this time. The problem isn't getting to the system 
tray itself, it's getting the left and right click buttons to react to the 
icons I have selected from the system tray.

-Marc

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