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From: Moore,Michael (HHSC)
Date: Tue, Aug 11 2015 1:30PM
Subject: Odd JAWS behavior
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I have a series of links where if you use read by line, paragraph, or character, the link in the code below is read as "Help" it also shows up as "Help" in a JAWS links list. However if you tab to the link you here a series of numbers and letters followed by the "#" symbol and then finally "Help"
<li>
<a id="linkHelp_en" onclick="helpTextPopUp('http://wcm-pfx-vip.hhscie.txaccess.net:80/wps/wcm/connect/englishhelp/Your Texas Benefits');" href="#">
<span>Help</span>
</a>
<script>
document.getElementById("linkHelp_en").setAttribute("onclick", "helpTextPopUp('"+wcmHelpLink_en+"');");
</script>
</li>
I am not sure if this is being caused by the use of href="#" or if because this list is contained inside of a menu element that contains no menuitems or something else.
Any clues?
Thanks,
Mike
From: Jim Allan
Date: Tue, Aug 11 2015 4:44PM
Subject: Re: Odd JAWS behavior
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Have you tried it without the < span>
Sometimes jaws gets weird with nested tags
On Aug 11, 2015 2:30 PM, "Moore,Michael (HHSC)" <
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> I have a series of links where if you use read by line, paragraph, or
> character, the link in the code below is read as "Help" it also shows up as
> "Help" in a JAWS links list. However if you tab to the link you here a
> series of numbers and letters followed by the "#" symbol and then finally
> "Help"
>
> <li>
> <a id="linkHelp_en" onclick="helpTextPopUp('
> http://wcm-pfx-vip.hhscie.txaccess.net:80/wps/wcm/connect/englishhelp/Your
> Texas Benefits');" href="#">
> <span>Help</span>
> </a>
> <script>
>
> document.getElementById("linkHelp_en").setAttribute("onclick",
> "helpTextPopUp('"+wcmHelpLink_en+"');");
> </script>
> </li>
>
> I am not sure if this is being caused by the use of href="#" or if because
> this list is contained inside of a menu element that contains no menuitems
> or something else.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
> > > > >
From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Wed, Aug 12 2015 3:29AM
Subject: Re: Odd JAWS behavior
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Running that code snippet locally did not produce this behavior.
This could be something the Javascript is doing when the element receives focus.
YOu wouldn´t be at liberty to share the actual URL where these wonders
are going on?
On 8/11/15, Jim Allan < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Have you tried it without the < span>
> Sometimes jaws gets weird with nested tags
> On Aug 11, 2015 2:30 PM, "Moore,Michael (HHSC)" <
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> I have a series of links where if you use read by line, paragraph, or
>> character, the link in the code below is read as "Help" it also shows up
>> as
>> "Help" in a JAWS links list. However if you tab to the link you here a
>> series of numbers and letters followed by the "#" symbol and then finally
>> "Help"
>>
>> <li>
>> <a id="linkHelp_en" onclick="helpTextPopUp('
>> http://wcm-pfx-vip.hhscie.txaccess.net:80/wps/wcm/connect/englishhelp/Your
>> Texas Benefits');" href="#">
>> <span>Help</span>
>> </a>
>> <script>
>>
>> document.getElementById("linkHelp_en").setAttribute("onclick",
>> "helpTextPopUp('"+wcmHelpLink_en+"');");
>> </script>
>> </li>
>>
>> I am not sure if this is being caused by the use of href="#" or if because
>> this list is contained inside of a menu element that contains no menuitems
>> or something else.
>>
>> Any clues?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > > >
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