Re: forms
- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 14:47:43 -0400
When I originally learned to use jaws with tapes from Friedom Scientific I
was told to press enter to get into forms mode but when I'm in a form field
and get to the next edit field I sometimes wonder if I am still in forms
mode.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: forms
> Judith,
> It does no harm to just press the virtual or PC cursor key; if you were in
> forms mode at that moment, you'll hear Jaws say that you're out of it,
now.
> If all you hear is the name of the keystroke, then you weren't in forms
mod.
> Then you can hit Enter (or space bar, if that's what you've discovered
> recently, though I've never learned that from Jaws documentation or
> tutorials) and turn on forms mode if that's your desire. It's no trouble,
> and it won't disrupt anything like cursor location if you happened to have
> been in forms mode and wish to turn it on again.
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
> , e i
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 7:10 AM
> Subject: Re: forms
>
>
> How do you know if you are still in forms mode? Are there any signs or
> commands you can hit to find out this information?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 1:28 AM
> Subject: RE: forms
>
>
> > You know, for my money it's easier to just pop in and out of forms mode
> > when I need to. It doesn't bother me especially, but it might others,
and
> > your solution may well benefit some of those others.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
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> > On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Chris Jenkins wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Bruce.
> > >
> > > Have you tried turning on forms mode use virtual labels?
> > > I have found that doing this can sometimes make a major difference in
> > > getting form fields to read properly.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > > Of Bruce Toews
> > > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 9:14 PM
> > > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: forms
> > >
> > > No. On a radio button, combo box or check box, hitting space just
> selects
> > > or deselects without puttin you into forms mode. I don't believe
hitting
> > > space on an edit field will put you into forms mode either, but I'm
not
> > > positive on this. Nope, I lie. In an edit field, hitting space will
put
> > > you into forms mode. As always, the best way to find something like
this
> > > out is just to try it.
> > >
> > > Bruce
> > >
> > >
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