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Re: Running chrome add-ons from the keyboard/screen reader

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From: JP Jamous
Date: Dec 19, 2016 9:13AM

Birkir,

I sent instructions on this list on how to do it. It is a pain in the neck, but yes it is doable.

I don't have those instructions on this machine. Let me get to my other one and when I do I'll shoot them out.

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
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Subject: [WebAIM] Running chrome add-ons from the keyboard/screen reader

Greetings all
(sorry for any corss posting).

I have been trying to run various Chrome add-ons over the weekend and I always end up with my head stuck in the same old brick wall.
I do the following:
* Open the webpage in Chrome
* Press the alt key
* Press left arrow (this puts me in the Chrome extensions menu).
From here I can put focus on the plug-in I want to run (e.g. Wave).
But here is where I get stuck.
Pressing enter or space bar on this button doesn't do anything.
I can press the context menu key (shift-f10) and get a context menu for the add-on, such as going to its webpage, removing it from Chrome etc.), but there is no option to run the add-on.
I suspect that I am the problem here, and I am missing something "duh obvious", but I can't find out what.
I have tried this using NVDA and Jaws on Windows 7/8.
If anybody has the solution, can you post it?
I will do a write up for BATS and post it (I am way overdue writing one anyway).
Also I would be able to run a bunch of ac accessibility tools I've been wanting to test, that would be a nerdy Christmas present.
Cheers
-B
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