Re: Staying in Forms for Checkboxes
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Gene
Any time I have been in a program where browse mode
is available, JAWS and NVDA automatically place me in browse mode. I
should add that Microsoft Word, which may have browse mode available is an
exception to what I said for understandable reasons. Often, when you run
Word, you want to edit and write. You can't in browse mode. I can
instantly tell if it is available or if I am in it by using the command NVDA key
space, which will toggle between browse mode on and off. In JAWS the same
behavior occurs, you are automatically placed in browse mode if the program
supports it. To see if you are in browse mode, or as JAWS calls it, the
Virtual PC cursor, pressing numpad plus will announce Virtual PC cursor if it is
active.
I recall that Window-eyes had a setting that would
allow you to have browse mode not automatically come on. This can be
accomplished in JAWS and NVDA with roughly equivalent commands. But my
point is that it is very easy to tell if you are in browse mode with JAWS and
NVDA. When using a different screen-reader, it’s a good idea to ask if
there is a feature that is equivalent to what you use in the one you generally
work with if you are switching screen-readers or plan to use the other one a lot
more. Not asking may cause you to lose access to a useful or important
feature.
Gene ----- Original Message -----
From: Curtis Delzer
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Staying in Forms for
Checkboxes stay in any given mode, as well as the ability, (not by just changing cursors) to at least query the system and see if browse mode was available, and then tell you, for example, "browse mode available," which is extremely valuable in cases where you try to go to it in a control you may not be familiar with but suspect that browse mode may be available. :) ----- Curtis Delzer, HS. WB6HEF San Bernardino, CA |
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