Re: Removing items from a table with NVDA
|
Gene
I should add that I'm not saying there aren't
accessibility problems when selecting at the start of a forwarded message where
these lines are, but that doesn't mean that the table structure is what is
causing the problems.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 6:08 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Removing items from a table with
NVDA An easier and perhaps better way may be to use edit
as new message, control e. Then replace the address in the to line, add
forwarded message or however Thunderbird indicates it is forwarded in the
subject line, write whatever you want at the top of the message body, and send
it.
On a related subject, it doesn't matter if NVDA
says something is a table if it acts like an edit field. A table can be
made to appear as though it is just standard text. Those who know more
about this can explain why a table is used in that way. My point is that
Thunderbird may cause text to appear in a structure a screen-reader says is a
table. Technically, it may be a table but it functions as an edit
field. Don't assume something works as you believe it should without
testing it in situations like this. Millions of people write in this
structure and edit. So the structure, whatever it is technically, doesn't
mean it doesn't function as expected, In this context, an edit
field.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Removing items from a table with
NVDA Then use reply instead, put the address you want in
instead of the address the to line has at first, and remove the lines at the top
such as on Wednesday, John wrote.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: Marcio via Groups.Io
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Removing items from a table with
NVDA That's precisely what I'm trying to do :) but NVDA doesn't tell me what I'm selecting, that is, until a certain point where it reports the selection but then I've selected way more than I wanted to. And no, there's no way of selecting exactly what I'm wanting. That's a "take it or leave it" situation. My bad, I didn't mean I couldn't delete. I meant I could delete but not exactly what I'm wanting to, because of this selection thing. Evidently, you are in a structure Thunderbird defines as a table but that should mean nothing in terms of working with it. You aren't in browse mode, and people routinely edit their message bodies.Well, NVDA reports it as a table. Besides, now I remember the first time when I asked it and said that when I finally was able to delete something, NVDA would still report the line I've deleted, this time only saying something like "Line X". You suggested me to use Notepad and edit the text there, and that's what I'm doing. However, specifically this time, it was an email formated as HTML. Since I can't keep the formating on Notepad, well,I'm at a loss here. Cheers, Marcio AKA Starboy Sent from a galaxy far, far away. --Are you a Thunderbird user? Then join the Thunderbird mailing list to help and be helped with all Thunderbird things - questions, features, add-ons and much more!
|
|
|