Jon

> On May 16, 2014, at 12:24 PM, David Goldfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I *think* that the JAWS command to click on a mouseover element is ctrl-insert-numpad enter???
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>> On 5/16/2014 3:14 PM, Ana G wrote:
>> I thought there was a Jaws command for the Onmouseover elements. I know I stopped bothering to memorize it because it was hit and miss for me, and since this thread, I tried finding it in the ins+h list of Jaws commands and couldn't.
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>> Generally speaking, NVDA handles these well, so if I'm having more trouble than usual with Jaws, I just switch screen readers.
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>> With Jaws 15 and Windows 8, I mostly just use the Jaws left mouse key (ins+numpad slash or caps lock+ keyboard 8). With previous versions of Windows, I often had to route the mouse cursor to the PC cursor before doing this. Sometimes this method only works if you tab to the object first, and other times hitting tab moves right past the object as does hitting semicolon. And yes, sometimes Jaws fails to report the item as an onmouseover element.
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>> Some tips:
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>> * Often I need to use the Jaws screen refresh command (ins+escape) after activating the onmouseover link.
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>> * Sometimes it helps to wait a few seconds or even move focus to the desktop or some other program for a moment.
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>> * When I click an onmouseover element, the new information may appear immediately below the object, at the bottom of the page, or somewhere else, so I had to get into the habit of finding it.
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>> * sometimes I need to press enter or the left mouse key twice quickly to get the onmouseover element to activate.
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>> * NVDA does a better job with this. In fact, the reason I started using NVDA was that Jaws did so poorly with onmouseover elements, which are fairly common. In windows 8, I find myself having to switch to NVDA a lot less often, but in windows 7, I used it most of the time when working on the web.
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>   Subscribe: [log in to unmask] you are correct David, but, does not work for clickable links.


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