Ask the web page designer to not make the edit field read only. This is a better useability decision as well as accessability.
*Don Marang* Vinux Package Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org <http://www.vinuxproject.org/> On 1/16/2013 10:13 PM, Mujtaba Merchant wrote: > Hello, > > > > I would like to seek assistance in solving this accessibility issue I am > facing on a regular basis. Using JAWS 13 on a Windows XP machine with > Internet Explorer as my browser. There are some pages that require me to > choose a start date and end date from a calendar on some webpages. These > calendars are not particularly accessible as they are floating calendars, > they are invoked by hovering the mouse over a calendar icon on the page. The > user then clicks on the date post which the entry is recorded in a edit box > which otherwise is not editable. > > > > I have attempted several ways to resolve this situation but failed and ended > up asking a sighted person to choose the date for me from this monsterous > calendar. It has also come to my attention that the calendar allows you to > change the month and year from a combo box, again mouse driven totally! I > can't get to the combo box by using the quick navigation key C nor can I get > to the calendar using the JAWS cursor. > > > > The page in question is on an internal tool designed by Oracle corp. for our > company. Therefore I can't even share the URL with you all. But if anyone of > you have faced this kind of calendar at work or in any other situation on a > webpage, can you please share your experience in tackling it? The best thing > to do according to me is use sighted assistance or write to Oracle Corp. > about it, may not yield immediate results but it's worth the try. The piece > of work assigned to me highly depends on this function and this is the only > factor that keeps me away from accomplishing it independently. > > > > Any thoughts or insights would be highly appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > Mujtaba Merchant > > Bangalore, India > > Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Ryu > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
