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RE: Set Focus in flash with JAWS running

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Aug 7, 2006 8:50AM

I replied to this post a few minutes back and attached a file to
demonstrate which was apparently too large.

In general I'll modify Bob's correct response to indicate that it
depends on whether the user is in forms mode or not.

I posted my complete response to our accessiblity Blog:
http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2006/08/moving_screen_reader_focus_
in.html

Hope this helps,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick
Corporate Accessibility Engineering Lead
Adobe Systems
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Bob Regan
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:32 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Set Focus in flash with JAWS running
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> Within a Flash movie, it is not possible to set the focus of
> a screen reader.
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> Cheers,
> Bob
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> bob regan | adobe | 415.832.5305
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of vivek
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 6:16 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: [WebAIM] Set Focus in flash with JAWS running
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> HI,
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> Is there any way in flash where we can get the focus to the
> desired location on click of a button?
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> For Example: Suppose, we have 3 text fields and 3 buttons on a stage.
> When
> we run the application with JAWS running, on click of
> "button_1", the focus should go to "text1_txt" and jaws
> should start reading the text from that text field. Same
> applies to rest of the buttons and text fields.
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> Can we do this using action script or java script is required?
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> Regards,
> Vivek Gaikwad - Accessibility Developer
>
> Net Systems Informatics (I) Pvt. Ltd.
> Tel: 022-26860485/6 Extension: 24
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