I think we're having a difference of terms here. The default mode for NVDA in a web browser is of course browse mode. If you enter on a form element, it then switches into forms

I know shift enter opens a link in a new window but the original poster wasn't clear about what he wanted to do.

If you're in browse mode, and have focus on a link, then spacebar or enter (often either one, but I have had the rare occasion where either one or the other is the only one that works) activates the

Shift enter opens the link in a new Window. It may allow you to follow a link if a popup blocker is keeping it from functioning because the link is intended to open a new window. Gene

Some forms have radio buttons which allow you to make a choice whenselecting something. There are also combo boxes.

When using forms mode, it is expected that some sort of identifying text will be included with the item needing to be acted upon. Therefore, some checkboxes might have a title saying

I mean I want to activate the link, not copy it.

keyboard only users simply press enter on the specified link. Assuming it's an actual link, that will do the trick. If it's only something that looks like a link, but is actually something

Are you using the mouse to move or using the keyboard? I don't know what happens if you are using a mouse to move around the screen. Gene

If you search using a browser or a PDF reader that supports browse mode, you have to use the NVDA find command. The Windows program command won't work. Since the thread is about the NVDA find

Sounds like you have browse and forms mode mixed up. While in browse mode, pressing enter on a link (assuming it's a normal link, and not one that is generated with fancy javascript, and

Another way to select the link if you can't use enter is to hit shift enter.

What do you mean by "selecting the link"? If you mean being able to copy it to paste it elsewhere, you need not select the link from beginning to end. So long as you're sitting on the link

Sorry, I should have been clear. I am trying to understand how a keybaord only-NVDA user would select a link while in browse mode, and whether they would need to switch to forms mode.

I am a software developer trying to develop accessible software. I am working with some checkboxes that always announce "unknown" before announcing the label. This occurs only in forms mode and only

Try clicking on the link using the mouse.

I am a sighted user who may see a link highlighted while I am in browse mode, and attempt to select it b pressing the Enter key. However, that doesn't work. Must I always switch to forms mode before

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I sometimes find that when I enter a checkbox I automatically get thrown into browse mode. Since I am filling out a form I want to stay in forms mode because when in browse mode I sometimes will get

Is there a way to read out the contents of an entire landmark without [NVDA] down arrow? I just want to hear the region that I am in and no more.