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RE: Flash and forms mode

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Mar 2, 2006 4:50AM

I haven't been clear enough. Staying in forms mode is good in this
case. The user just needs to tab to move the focus to the grid to get
access to the new info.
awk


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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of priti
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:19 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Flash and forms mode



Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the example. But in this example also, when I press
'Spacebar' on the Add to grid button, JAWS remains in forms mode.
Surprisingly, When I select the Add to grid button, from the Forms list
dialog box--JAWS(Insert+F5), the forms mode is turned off.

Regards,

Priti Rohra
Accessibility Tester
Net Systems Informatics (I) Pvt. Ltd.
India
Tel: 91-22-26860485/6 extn: 28
E-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Url: www.n-syst.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Kirkpatrick <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: WebAIM Discussion List
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Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:46 PM
Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Flash and forms mode


Prithi,

Thanks for the information, but we have enabled
the accessibility of the Data Grid component. This is not the case, I
have encountered the same problem with different flash presentations.
Even in the case of flash presentations, wherein the user has to input
data in the Text Input field and press 'ENTER', Jaws continues to remain
in forms mode and does not read the information updated on the screen.

It does in my quick example:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/accessibility/archives/formsmode/datagrid_
formsmode.html
<http://weblogs.macromedia.com/accessibility/archives/formsmode/datagrid
_formsmode.html>

You can get the source at:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/accessibility/archives/formsmode/datagrid_
formsmode.fla (Opens in Flash 8)

After you hit "space" on the 'add to grid' button, tab
to the grid. JAWS will read "listbox" (that's what a datagrid is) and
you can arrow down through the rows, including the new one.

Let me know how it goes.
AWK



Andrew Kirkpatrick
Accessibility Engineer
Adobe Systems
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