Re: Activating "mouse over" links
- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 10:41:04 -0400
Well, still being a naive novice I thought that it was opening the whole
page. I guess the next time I encounter the mouse over link I'll access it
with control/insert/enter. Thanks, Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debbie Scales" <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: Activating "mouse over" links
> What do you mean by worked though Judy? It say seem like they work with
> enter, when actually it doesn't always bring up the extra links or
content.
> See what a mouse over usually does is say you have a link on a page. If
you
> click on that link with the mouse, is shows like a "submenu" of items for
> that link.
> Content that wasn't there before on the page.
> Debbie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 10:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Activating "mouse over" links
>
>
> With jaws 7 all these links have always worked by just pressing enter.
> Smile, Judith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Debbie Scales" <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 1:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Activating "mouse over" links
>
>
> > It is supposed to insert control enter with jaws 7 and jaws 7.1.
> > But I often find jaws not to work well with mouse over links.
> > The inforamtion is in the jaws help system.
> > Mouse Over Effects
> > HTML allows the author of a page to set an OnMouseOver attribute for
most
> > HTML elements to run specified code such as JavaScript or Visual Basic
> > Script when the mouse pointer is moved over the HTML element. Often this
> is
> > used to momentarily display text, graphics, or links. JAWS now
recognizes
> > the OnMouseOver attribute, and if it is set to display text or links as
> part
> > of the page, JAWS provides access to that information. Press
> > INSERT+CTRL+ENTER to simulate moving the mouse pointer over the element
at
> > the Virtual Cursor location. If the mouse over event caused some part of
> the
> > page to change, JAWS announces the line where the change occurred. To
> review
> > the new content, you can press J to perform the Jump To Line command.
> Enter
> > the number of the line that changed and press ENTER to move directly to
> that
> > line. You can press SHIFT+J at any time to return to your previous
> location
> > on the page.
> >
> > By default, JAWS announces when an HTML element has a mouse over effect.
> If
> > you want JAWS to ignore the OnMouseOver attribute, do the following:
> >
> > 1.. Press INSERT+F2, select "Configuration Manager," and press ENTER.
> > 2.. From the Set Options menu, choose Speech and Sounds Manager.
> > 3.. In the Select Scheme list, choose "Classic."
> > 4.. Press ALT+E to edit this scheme.
> > 5.. Press CTRL+TAB until you move to the HTML tab, and then use the
> arrow
> > keys to select "onmouseover."
> > 6.. Press ALT+I to select the Ignore radio button.
> > Tip: If you want JAWS to play a sound when you encounter an element with
a
> > mouse over effect, press ALT+P to select the Play Sound radio button.
> Then,
> > choose Select Wave File to select a sound.
> >
> > 7.. Choose OK and press ALT+A to save your current settings as a new
> > scheme. Give the scheme a descriptive name and press ENTER. JAWS will
not
> > announce the OnMouseOver attribute while you are using this scheme.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Anisio Correia" <anisiocorreia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 12:37 PM
> > Subject: Activating "mouse over" links
> >
> >
> > Dear listers,
> >
> >
> >
> > When browsing the web, I am finding more and more something called
"mouse
> > over" links. These do not seem to be activated by the enter key. Is
> there
> > another key I can use to activate these links?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anisio Correia
> >
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