Did you try reclassifying the list box with Jaws using the Jaws plus 7 on
the qwerty keyboard?
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From: "Shane" <shane-jfw@xxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:08 PM
Subject: solved was (Re: Listbox vs combo box on the web)
Hi,
Thanks for the replies. I have solved the problem, though it now isn't ideal for sited users. Aparently, the size="5" field in the select element is an open listbox so jfw doesn't open and close it with alt-down and alt-up. I removed size="5" and it did behave as a regular combo box. However, it's now smaller and harder to scroll with the mouse.
S
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 04:44:26PM -0800, Shane wrote:Hello all,
I am working on a webpage which I am trying to make accessible with Jaws. Using 5.1 but not sure the version is relevant. The page contains a form with several select boxes, the contents of the lower boxes change based on previous selections. Sort of a drill-down subcategory selection. Usually, when I go to a webpage, jaws reads select boxes as "combo box" and allows opening with alt-downarrow and scrolling with the arrow keys without actually changing the value; however, on my particular form, it's reading it as "list box" and alt-downarrow doesn't work. Therefore, when arrowing through the selections, the box below is constantly changing and jaws keeps reading the url for the Ajax call. The select box code looks something like this:
<p> <select name="l1" onchange="selectcat(options[selectedIndex].value)" size="5" style="width: 300px;" /> </p>
The selectcat function obtains the subcategories by sending a query via the xmlhttprequest class and runs through populating the next box. Nothing really special.
So if anyone knows why jfw is distinguishing between "list box" and "combo box" for an html select element, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
Best regards,
Shane
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