OnMouseOver buttons don't necessarily open a new page, they might for instance open a dynamic menu. Sorry to say, jaws has an extremely difficult time dealing with pages like that. If it were just going to open a new page a regular link or maybe a button would have been more than enough.
On 9/1/14, Dennis Clark via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Adrian, > I did not know this command, and I appreciate you telling me about it. > Unfortunately, I tried it on the problematic webpage, and it still didn't > activate the onMouseover buttons. When I press Jaws control enter, Jaws > says, "elements attribute changed," but the button doesn't open a new page > as it should. I have tried this using both Internet Explorer and Firefox. > Please let me know if you have other ideas I might try. > All the best, > Dennis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adrian Spratt via Jfw" <[email protected]> > To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 5:02 AM > Subject: RE: Unable to activate onMouseover links on webpage > > >> The command to activate an onMouseover button is control+JAWS key+enter. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Clark >> >> via Jfw >> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 2:07 AM >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >> Subject: Unable to activate onMouseover links on webpage >> >> Hello Everyone, >> I'm using Jaws, and I'm attempting to make some changes on a website. I'm >> >> able to log into the web control center for the website, but once there, >> the onMouseover buttons I need to click do not activate. I can read each >> of the buttons with Jaws, but when I attempt to activate them by hitting >> enter, space bar, or click on them with the Jaws mouse keys, nothing >> happens. I have spoken with their tech support department, and they told >> me the buttons are coded using ASP and JavaScript. Does anyone know of a >> way around this problem using Jaws? I appreciate your assistance. >> Thanks >> Dennis >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20140831/c8eef99a/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -- Soronel Haetir [email protected] _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
