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

  • From: "Peter" <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:55:43 -0000

Me too in some cases.

Peter


From: Cindy Handel 
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:23 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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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