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

  • From: "Christine Menges" <c.menges@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:38:39 -0700

I find I have to be careful when google is loading up, it is my home page and 
sometimes when I want to go to another page and hit control o it gets all 
messed up now.  I've learned to wait until it puts me in the google search box 
and  then to  tab to get out of it then try again.  I think also this may be a 
good way for me to break my habit of using the arrows on WebPages.  I know that 
there are more effective ways of moving around but old habits die hard.

Christine
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:53 AM
  Subject: Re: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields 


  That doesn't work. JAWS still goes in to autoforms mode straight away even if 
you have a delay set. I have told FS about this with no response. Will phone 
sight and sound tomorrow.

  Peter


  From: Roy Nickelson 
  Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:37 PM
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Subject: Re: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields 


  sounds like the navigation quick key delay setting might be a good one for 
you to check out.
  Roy

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Brian Giles 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:41 PM
    Subject: RE: JAWS in auto forms mode, particularly in edit fields 


    I love autoforms mode, but I hate it on pages with the auto focus in an 
edit field, like google and youtube. As I use quick navigation keys a lot, it 
gets really annoying when I hit H for the next heading and it starts typing and 
I don't realize it so press enter, and it searches for something with an H at 
the beginning of my search query. The page will load and I'll hit escape or 
numpad plus to get out of forms mode, but then the page reloads and forms mode 
gets turned on again. So I'll think forms mode is off since I've told JAWS to 
get out of it, but then it'll start typing.

     

    Kind of ironic how pre JAWS 10, I'd sometimes forget to turn forms mode on 
and start jumping all over the page, which got really annoying when a sighted 
person was trying to help me with something. And now that there's autoforms 
mode, it is activating sometimes when I don't want it.

     

    Is there a way to leave autoforms mode on, but require you to manually 
enter forms mode on pages with auto focus to edit fields? I would love that.

     

    Brian

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