Re: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields

  • From: Yardbird <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:33:33 -0800

hey, Cindy. At least you didn't have to call 911 to escape the clutches of 
Forms Mode! :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields


I was able to get out of auto forms mode by pressing the PC cursor.  But, I 
found it more of an annoyance than benefit.  So, I turned auto forms mode 
off.

Cindy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Patricia
  To: JAWS users list
  Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 1:15 PM
  Subject: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields


  hi all,

  I am working with JAWS 10 now,and am noticing a particular annoyance with 
auto forms mode in edit fields. I'd like to know if this is how auto forms 
mode is supposed to work, or if it's just me. I tend to navigate through a 
page with my arrows, particularly when I'm doing searches or am unfamiliar 
with a page, as I have been burned many times when i was younger clicking on 
links that are labeled the same but could have completely different content. 
If I read the descriptions underneath I am guaranteed to get what i am 
looking for. Anyway, i digress. on any pages where there are edit boxes, I 
find myself getting stuck in them. where there are searches, like the Google 
search field, if you arrow through it starts to read off previous searches 
that you have done. I try to get out of forms mode the PC cursor but it 
doesn't work. Interestingly, now with auto forms mode when you hit an edit 
box you can just type, which also now means that if you've written in an 
edit field you can now arrow down to it and review what you have written 
without having to push enter to get into forms mode like you used to. But 
this also creates a situation where you can get stuck in edit fields with no 
way ofgetting out of them, unless I'm missing something?

  am I making any sense? it would be easy for me to demonstrate what i'm 
experiencing, but my words are failing me this morning.

  any help would be great.

  Patricia 

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