Which version of JAWS? If JAWS7 or above, the OnMouseOver keystroke is
Insert+Ctrl+Enter. If below JAWS7 (I think), it is ctrl+enter. [It was
changed with latter JAWS versions due to a Firefox function using
ctrl+Enter. These keystrokes operate only in the browser.]
[As you know (but many of us will not), the
Mouse Over Effects may provide additional information that the normal
mouse-clicking or emulation does not.
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:
list of 6 items
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.
list of 1 items
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.
list end
Click Almost Anything
HTML allows the author of a page to set an OnClick attribute for most HTML
elements to run specified code such as JavaScript or Visual Basic Script
when
clicked with the left mouse button. To access these items, move to the item
and press ENTER.
Dynamically Edit HTML Text
The "Contenteditable" HTML attribute is used to make almost any text
dynamically editable. JAWS now supports this attribute, but does not
announce its presence.
If the attribute is set to true for an element of text, press ENTER to enter
Forms mode, edit the text, and press NUM PAD PLUS to activate the Virtual
Cursor again.
Macromedia Flash MX
JAWS now reads information from Macromedia Flash animations as easily as any
other part of a web page. Select links, activate buttons, and type within
edit
fields just like on any web page. Flash animations are presented as part of
the page, and JAWS announces when you enter and exit the animation. Flash
can
also be ignored by JAWS on web pages by checking the checkbox "Ignore Flash
on Web Pages" on the Misc page of the HTML Options dialog box.
Stop Web Pages that Automatically Reload
JAWS announces "Page will refresh in X seconds," when you open a page set to
automatically refresh. Some web pages are configured to automatically
refresh,
or reload, every so often. When this happens, JAWS starts over reading from
the top of the page. This makes it very difficult to read these pages. Now,
set JAWS to prevent these pages from reloading. Use the Adjust JAWS
Verbosity dialog, INSERT+V, to set this option temporarily, or change it
permanently
in Configuration Manager, HTML Options.
Active Content, web content provided by ActiveX controls, applets, and Flash
animations that support MSAA, can also be set to automatically refresh. You
can also set JAWS to suppress refreshes of active content - temporarily in
the Adjust JAWS Verbosity dialog, and permanently in Configuration Manager,
HTML Options.
Font Information
JAWS now reports font information within web pages when you use the INSERT+F
command. Press INSERT+F twice quickly to open this information in the JAWS
Virtual Viewer.
Quotations
JAWS now notifies you when you enter or exit a quotation that uses the
"blockquote" HTML element. If the HTML "Cite" attribute is used to supply
the Web
address source of the quotation, this information is also spoken.
Back Alt+b
Next Alt+x
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie M." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:24 AM
Subject: [VICUG-L] JAWS and Mouseover Links
Hi,
How do you click on a moseover link using JAWS? Especially if "enter" does
not work?
- Jackie McCraw
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