George, I either used the JAWS "Find" command for the edit field or may have read the page down with the down arrow to see what was there as I didn't know the Boots site. In any event, once I'd pressed "Enter" on the word "Edit" I typed immediately without moving my cursor. Try it with JAWS loaded! <SMILE> -- Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:10 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: www.boots.com > Hi Carol & Maureen, > > The search field is like many, many you will find. However, when you > tab to it, the words "Shop Search" are highlighted. > > PROVIDED you type directly, that is to say you don't use any navigation > keys such as left or right arrow, the minute you type a letter, the > highlighted text disappears. > > George. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > > [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of carol pearson > > Sent: 01 June 2004 13:37 > > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [access-uk] Re: www.boots.com > >=20 > > OK, Maureen, I've found the problem for you. > >=20 > > (It probably does take someone who can't see to find it=20 > > because George will have automatically noticed and done the=20 > > search correctly.) > >=20 > > When you go into the Search edit box, for some strange reason=20 > > it says "Shop Search" and, if you do a search for Baby=20 > > (without removing anything from the > > line) you are searching for "baby shop" which brings up no entries. > >=20 > > When you go into the "Search" edit field, you first need to=20 > > highlight what is already written there (using Shift+End)=20 > > then you can type in Baby and come up with the 23 results. > >=20 > > It's strange, but certainly with JAWS, once you've pressed=20 > > "Enter" in the edit field to fill in the form, it does not=20 > > clear that edit field. > >=20 > > Anyway, that's a way around it for you and I hope it helps. > >=20 > > George? Did you have to clear the edit field or type over=20 > > it, or was it simply an automatic entry once you reached that=20 > > field as you weren't using any of our speech software,=20 > > presumably, at the time? > >=20 > >=20 > > -- > > Carol > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Maureen Poulson" <maureen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "access uk" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 10:17 AM > > Subject: [access-uk] www.boots.com > >=20 > >=20 > > > Could someone take a look at the search feature on this=20 > > site for me? It > > > doesn't matter what criteria I put in the searchfield, I=20 > > always get zero > > > search results. I have been in touch with Boots on-line=20 > > customer services > > > but they haven't been helpful. I am using window eyes 4.2=20 > > 1 1 standard > > with > > > 98 m e. > > > I tried posting this to the freelists but all the mails=20 > > from them have > > > suddenly ceased. > > > Thank you Maureen. > > > > > > > > > > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > > =0AThis Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. > >