[jawsscripts] Re: how to create an access key for an edit field

  • From: "Mario Eiland" <eilandms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:47:42 -0500

What is the text file for?  Is it just for my own information?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dang Manh Cuong" <dangmanhcuong@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:00 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: how to create an access key for an edit field - 
thank you Martin


> don't use tab in this script. My opinian is
> 1. focus to the edit field in which you want to add hot key
> 2. ctrl+Jawskey+f1, ctrl+a and copy all the information from the vertual
> viewer
> 3. Open Notepad and save is to Info.txt or any name you like
> now write the script
>
> Script MyScript ()
> Var
> Handle EditField
> Let EditField= FindWindowWithClassAndId (GetAppMainWindow 
> (GetCurrentWindow
> ()), MyClass, 0)
> ;note: myClass is the windows class jaws gave you from the info.txt.
> If GetControlID (GetCurrentWindow ())==id_EditField
> && GetWindowClass (GetCurrentWindow ())!=="MyClass then ;the focus doesn't
> stand at edit windows write now
> SetFocus (EditField) ;move focus to the edit field
> EndIf
> EndScript
> This just an experian script. I've done it for the babylon dictionary. It
> works very well. However, I don't know your application, so  you may need 
> to
> edit it alot before using
> Hope that help
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mario Eiland" <eilandms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:26 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: how to create an access key for an edit field -
> thank you Martin
>
>
>> Yes, I understand how to write the scripts.  It's just that this one had
>> me
>> scratching my head.
>>
>> Thanks immensely for your assistance.
>> Mario
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "JAWSScripts" <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:40 PM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: how to create an access key for an edit field
>>
>>
>>> Well, taking the simple approach, the instruction to perform tab is:
>>>
>>> TypeKey ("15", 0)
>>>
>>> where "15" is the scan code for the tab key, expressed as a string.  So 
>>> a
>>> script with four such commands would look like:
>>>
>>> Script fourTabs ()
>>>    TypeKey ("15", 0)
>>>    TypeKey ("15", 0)
>>>    TypeKey ("15", 0)
>>>    TypeKey ("15", 0)
>>> EndScript
>>>
>>>
>>>  You might want to add a SayString statement so that Jaws says something
>>> when the hotkey is pressed, and Pause () statements might be necessary 
>>> to
>>> allow the screen to update between calls to the TypeKey functions.  In
>>> the
>>> worst case, you might need more instructions to initialise the position
>>> of
>>> the cursor before you start to tab.
>>>
>>>  Do you know how to use the script manager to write and compile the
>>> script,
>>> to add a hotkey to run the script and which file to write the script in?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Mario Eiland" <eilandms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:08 PM
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: how to create an access key for an edit field
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes,
>>>>
>>>> However, at this point one must press tab four to five times to get to
>>>> the
>>>> field.  My reasoning for creating an access key to the edit field is to
>>>> streamline the process to enter data when taking notes when on the
>>>> telephone, as an example.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 7:57 AM
>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: how to create an access key for an edit 
>>>> field
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Are you able to navigate to that edit box using the keyboard?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Martin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Mario Eiland" <eilandms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:21 PM
>>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] how to create an access key for an edit field
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have an application where I would like to use an
>>>>>> alt+{any key} to jump to an edit field.  How would one go about doing
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> using scripting?
>>>>>> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mario
>>>>>>
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