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Re: JAWS reading headings that break twice

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From: Michael Moore
Date: Jul 11, 2013 6:17PM

This has to do with the way that the virtual buffer is organized. If you are reading by line (arrow navigation) then you get just that one line from the virtual buffer. The <br> tag creates a line break. If you read by paragraph, sentence, or other method JAWS will not look at the line breaks. There is also a limit to the length of a line recognized by JAWS. This is user configurable.

Mike

On Jul 11, 2013, at 8:19 AM, Jonathan Metz < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Howdy all!
>
> I’ve come across an interesting problem. Some of my colleagues are writing html headings with breaks and the result is that JAWS is reading each line as a separate heading.
>
> For example:
>
> <h2>Starbucks<br/>Coffee<h2>
>
> is read as H2 Starbucks and H2 Coffee. Is there a better way to code the HTML so headers that have two lines will be read as one header?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Jonathan
>
> Disclaimer: The author of this email does is not intending to endorse or advocate the use of Starbucks brand coffee over other competitors.
> > >