Paulette, If the web page element is an actual HTML hyperlink (anchor element with a valid href attribute), pressing Enter when focused on it will always activate the link. What you are describing sounds like a custom HTML element that was not designed to be keyboard accessible. What do you do when you find a web page element that is not operable with the keyboard and inaccessible? I would recommend you contact the web page author and tell them about the problem. More times than not, they don't know about accessibility and the needs of people using screen readers. So, you can help educate them. Tell them to unplug their mouse and try to activate the element. HTH, Marc
-----Original Message----- From: Paulette Vickery [mailto:paule...@evickery.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3:30 PM To: Marc Solomon <msolo...@aisquared.com>; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: RE: sites not shown as links But if the site says to click on something, that means that sometimes you can't press enter and go to it. So what do you do then? Paulette -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+paulette=evickery....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Marc Solomon via Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 9:47 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: sites not shown as links Linette, HTML emails and web pages can contain hyperlinks to other web pages or files. The author can assign descriptive text to the hyperlink so that the recipient sees a meaningful link name in the message or Web page. This is a good thing to do as it helps the user understand the link's purpose more clearly. For example, the link text could be "Click here to learn more about product ABC". The author could also use the web page address as the link's text. For example, the link text might be "http://productABC.com. Not a good practice but people still do it. You can activate the currently focused link by pressing Enter on it. If you want to copy the links address to your clipboard, you can do so, but the process depends on your email client. In Outlook, after focusing the link, you can open the context menu and select Copy Link or something similar. HTH, Marc Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On June 28, 2016 9:06:22 PM Linette Sukup via Talk <Talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > > > In some messages, sites are named, but they are not shown as links; that > is, the http and so on is there, but they be clicked on. This is > probably some simple thing that I just don't know how to do. How can > things like this be put into the browser? > I have the latest version of WE, the latest Firefox, and am running > Windows on an HP Pavilion laptop. > Does someone need to see the message? > > Peace. > Linette > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/msolomon%40ais quared.com. > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/paulette%40evi ckery.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
