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Re: Jaws 13 (and 14 beta) issues with auto forms mode.

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From: Ramya Sethuraman
Date: Oct 1, 2012 11:27AM

I reported the issue to Freedom Scientific and they asked me to try Jaws 14
beta, downgrade from FF 15 to 13, none of which worked.
I had to manually switch to forms mode to navigate through menus,
comboboxes etc.

Ramya

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Corbett, James < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I've experienced similar issues when radio buttons and or combo boxes are
> within a fieldset.
>
> By the way I'm using JAWS 13.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Ramya Sethuraman
> Sent: September 28, 2012 11:04 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] Jaws 13 (and 14 beta) issues with auto forms mode.
>
> Hi,
>
> Wanted to ask if any of you are seeing issues with Jaws 13 (or 14 beta)
> switching to auto forms mode on FF (13, 15)?
> For eg: if I tab to a button that launches a dropdown menu, Jaws doesn't
> automatically switch to forms mode and arrow
> key navigation breaks for the menu. It works if I just use the keyboard.
>
> I also see this behavior with a combobox.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ramya Sethuraman
> > > > > > >



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