[RWP] Jim, alt plus down arrow is a Jaws only shortcut

[Jim Snowbarger]

Indigo,
I see what you mean.  Reaper takes the volume nudge action, which is good.

Yep, about the alt+downArrow being a jaws default hotKey.  True, and I have 
defeated that behavior in  my reaper scripts.

But, it turns out that this little comboBox, also has a button hidden 
inside, and it is this button, which is not in the tab order, that actually 
has the alt+downArrow hotKey connected to it.  Problem is, you can't put 
focus there in ordre to send the alt+downArrow to it.
this button exists as an object, but not as a window or a graphic.  And, if 
you mouse over to the right of the No Presets phrase, there is a scroll down 
symbol, which is a graphic.  The button appears to reside just to the left 
of that scroll down symbol.  If yu click there, the list opens, and preset 
names appear on screen.  But, screen readers seem to still be stuck tracking 
the highlight that is still on the No Presets phrase.  But, if you mouse 
over the list of presets, they suddenly gain focus, and you can navigate in 
the usual way from there.
The last set of jaws scripts I posted has alt+down arrow, in this context 
alone, opening the list and moving focus.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:31 AM
Subject: [RWP] Jim, alt plus down arrow is a Jaws only shortcut


> In Jaws, alt plus down arrow would ordinarily open a combo box, as you 
> said; in that presets box it causes it to change to a list box; as you 
> also said.
> But, alt plus down arrow is a jaws specific shortcut that is overriding a 
> set of standard Reaper shortcuts  to raise and lower the selected track's 
> volume and move it's pan.
> do a shortcut passthrough you will find the default Reaper use of alt+down 
> and up arrows is to lower and raise volume of the selected track; while 
> alt+left/right arrows moves its pan.
> as long as there is a selected track, this is a standard Reaper use of alt 
> and the arrow keys; no matter where you are positioned in the track view 
> or effects routing page.
> Works both in Wineyes and NVDA every time, thus the source of my confusion 
> about alt+down arrow.
> Indigo L
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