Re: JAWS and Mouseover Links

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." <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
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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