Yes I know all of that, but the return link at the bottom of every page did kick me back to the top, and I figured if that annoyed me it probably bothered other people as well. David Ferrin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] unable to select a link on Jaws home page
> Hi David, > > You Said: > > every time you would return to the main index page such as programs for > example it would kick you back to the top. This was getting tiring for me > > *** > Why did that happen? > > When you click a link that takes you to another page, pressing the back > keystroke will take you back to the link you clicked, or rather, it should > take you back there. > > Whenever I'm surfing a particular site, and need to explore, in other words > go through every page to see where the information is that I need, if the > page I land on doesn't happen to be the page I'm looking for, I press the > alt+left arrow keystroke, and that takes me back to the link I initially > clicked on. > > Is your computer configured differently? > > It's actually kind of weird. > > This same keystroke is supposed to do the same thing for explorer windows > roaming through your files. For example, if you're going through a list of > files in your my documents folder, which may contain 89 folders, you enter > on the 48th folder to see what's in it, you should be able to press the key > combination of alt+left arrow, and it will take you back to the 48th folder > you entered on. > > At least, that's what's supposed to happen, but I find on my laptop, it > doesn't, but it does on my desktop, or any other desktop computer I've ever > worked with. > > Personally, I think there's a setting I need to tweak, but I just haven't > found it yet. > > In any case, were you using the keystroke to go through your WebPages, or > were you using the backspace key? > > Victor > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
