Rule of thumb for combo boxes: Always use alt+DownArrow to open one.
then you can navigate to select.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another One of Those Frustrating Combo Boxes
Okay, this seems to work. I focus on the combo box, hit Alt-down
arrow, and then hit "N" repeatedly until I land on New York. Thanks.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another One of Those Frustrating Combo Boxes
Gerald,
I went there and started an order. When I got to "Please select your
shipping state to continue", I just hit alt-downarrow on the combo
box. Then, I could downarrow or first-letter navigate through the
list of states. Using Jaws 13.0.303 on the IE8 with Win XP.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:04 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Another One of Those Frustrating Combo Boxes
Hi list. I just encountered one of those tricky combo boxes that
JAWS has trouble dealing with. I'm trying to purchase new foam
cushions for my sofa from buyfoam.com, but when I get to the page to
calculate shipping charges, there is a combo box with a list of
states. But when I focus on this combo box and hit Enter to open it
and then try to scroll through it with down arrow or use first
letter navigation to select New York, the first state on the list,
Alabama is automatically selected. If I open the combo box by
hitting Enter and then try Alt-down arrow to scroll down the list of
states, I remain stuck on Alabama. There does not appear to be any
way to "freeze" this list so that you can scroll through it to
select the state you want. As soon as you press the down arrow key,
forms mode is turned off and the first state is selected. Alt-down
arrow does not seem to work. And Insert-F8 just brings up the tool
bar. Is there any work around for this problem? Interestingly, the
other combo boxes on this site seem to work normally. I'm using JAWS
9 with XP. Thanks for any help.
Gerald
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