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Re: JAWS and ARIA's application role

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From: Léonie Watson
Date: Jul 6, 2011 11:57AM

"Has anybody else had problems with JAWS not entering application mode when
the role="application" attribute/value pair is not set on the body element,
but in an inner container?"

Having auto forms mode turned off has been known to cause a
conflict. Auto forms mode is turned on by default, but people sometimes turn
it off. Jaws effectively flips into forms mode when it encounters
role=application, to allow the keyboard commands to be passed back through.


Léonie.




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