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.
>
> Generally speaking, NVDA handles these well, so if I'm having more 
> trouble than usual with Jaws, I just switch screen readers.
>
> 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.
>
> Some tips:
>
> * Often I need to use the Jaws screen refresh command (ins+escape) 
> after activating the onmouseover link.
>
> * Sometimes it helps to wait a few seconds or even move focus to the 
> desktop or some other program for a moment.
>
> * 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.
>
> * sometimes I need to press enter or the left mouse key twice quickly 
> to get the onmouseover element to activate.
>
> * 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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