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Re: buttons work in IE but not in Firefox

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Mar 6, 2012 2:15PM

I've seen something like this before.

Try this:
Tab to the button, press insert+3 to pass a keystroke through, and press the
Enter key.
Does it work then?

If it does, then they are likely using a keypress handler to control the
click, which JAWS doesn't recognize, you have to also include a click
handler to make it work.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Grignon" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] buttons work in IE but not in Firefox


> I'm using JAWS and I've used both the space bar and the enter key.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ryan Hemphill
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:50 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] buttons work in IE but not in Firefox
>
> Define 'work'?
> Are you using ARIA?
> A normal button?
> Does it have the tabindex attribute?
> Are you using JAWS and pressing the space bar or are you hitting
> enter/return?
> Are you using a screen reader at all?
>
> I agree with Tim, give us something to review at and I'll be happy to look
> it over.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Tim Arnold < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Will Grignon
>> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> wrote:
>> > Anyone know why buttons on a website would work in Internet Explorer
>> > 8
>> and
>> > not in Firefox 8.1?
>>
>> Without a link to an example, I wouldn't know where to start.
>>
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