There's a checkbox below the other options. It will only work if you have
Cookies enabled.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimi...@verizon.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Select or Change Options On Google
Search SettingsPage
Thanks for this information. How do you tell Google to open each search
result in a new browser window? And how do you activate the Save button
to save your preferences?
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bailes" <david_bai...@yahoo.co.uk>
To: "jaws users" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Select or Change Options On Google
Search SettingsPage
Hi Gerald,
there are a couple of problems with the recent changes to the search
settings page:
1. Google have included code on the page to make the sliders and the
buttons accessible, but the code for the sliders doesn't work. Presumably
this will be fixed at some stage.
2. Google haven't provided any alternative for older screen readers or web
browsers that don't understand the code which makes the sliders and the
buttons accessible.
My understanding is that once google have fixed the code, the sliders
should be accessible if you're using jaws 11 and above, and IE 8 and
above.
For Jaws 10 and below and IE 8, jaws doesn't recognize either the sliders
or the buttons, and hence can't go into forms mode.
One work around is to switch the browser mode off (insert + z). You can
then tab to the controls, and interact with them, although the sliders
won't read their correct value, even when they're fixed.
To set the sliders in the absence of audio feedback:
1. google instant predictions slider: for off press home, for on press
end.
2. safe search filters: for no filtering press home, for moderate press
home, then right arrow, for strict press end.
3. For results per page: for 10 press home, then press right arrow the
appropriate number of times to get to 20, 30, 30, 50, and finally 100.
Note that you can only set results per page if instant predictions are
turned off.
best wishes,
David.
original message:
Hi list. Using JAWS 9 and IE 8, I am somehow no longer able to change or
select any options on the Google search settings page under options on the
Google home page. For example, under the heading Google Instant
Predictions,
the words On and Off are displayed, but there is apparently no way to
select
either of these options. Under the Results Per Page heading, the numbers
10,
20, 30, 40, 50 and 100 are shown, but there is no way to select the option
you
want. And when I hit Space or Enter on the Save Preferences button,
nothing
happens. I have cookies enabled, so that's not the issue. JAWS announces
that
there are no check boxes or radio boxes on the page. I never had problems
with the Google Search Settings page before. Previously, the settings
could be
changed by selecting the appropriate check box or radio box, but JAWS
either no
longer recognizes these boxes on the Search Settings page, or they have
otherwise been eliminated. Did Google change the Search Settings page so
that
it is no longer JAWS accessible? Or am I missing something? Can someone
explain what the heck is going on with the Google Search Settings page?
Thanks
for any help.
Gerald
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