[RWP] Does Anyone Know How To Get NVDA to Skip Edit Boxes?

[Indigo]

Okay, I'll look for automatic focus mode, and try hitting escape, though 
  I think I already unconciously do.
I often hit the tab key to escape from boxes that trat NVDA, but I 
should try escape first.
The main problem lies in holding the down arrow to zip quickly down 
through lines in a webPage.
For me, it's a little like speed Reading; or scanning, because, with 
eloquence set at a fairly fast rate, I hear a little of each line 
spoken, so get an idea of what the page is about, and find the desired 
area quickly.
But, when the focus suddenly hits a combo box or search box that has 
selections, the down arrow makes a selection before I can let go of it, 
and then I'm into an entirely different topic when I get untrapped from 
the box.

I'm not sure if there is a cure for  back being disabled in faceBook and 
twitter pages.
If I look at the taskBar with NVDA's object navigation, it confirms that 
back as disabled.
Previous to FaceBook and Twitter pages, sometimes back would be disabled 
on certain webPages.
My wife says that sighted users find the tiny X in the upper right 
corner of the page and left mouse click it.
With Wineyes's numberPad navigation it was easy to shoot to the upper 
right corner with a shortcut, but I don't seem to know how to get there 
with NVDA.
I get upper left and lower right easily, but there must be a way to 
shoot immediately to the upper right corner of a page.
I now use backspace to go back, as a Jaws user suggested, which 
sometimes works when alt+left arrow doesn't, but not always.
The wild wooly web gets wilder and wool ier all the time.
Thanks,
Indi



On 10/3/2013 3:34 AM, Scott Chesworth wrote:
> Would turning off Preferences -> Browse mode... -> Automatic focus
> mode for focus changes do the trick I wonder?
>
> Btw, hitting escape once should get you out of focus mode and leave
> you in the same spot on the page.
>
> Hth
>
> Scott
>
> On 10/2/13, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
>> I think I could surf more smoothly on the web if NVDA didn't lock itself
>> into every edit box on the page.
>> As I arrow down I hear the cash register clink, and NVDA is locked
>> inside  an edit or search box.
>>    Sometimes it'll come loose so I can continue arrowing through the
>> website, but sometimes it sticks inside a box so I'm making selections
>> in the edit box with the arrow keys.
>> Then, of course, I'm on a different place in the website when I finally
>> get NVDA unhooked from the edit box.
>> Is there a keyboard shortcut to choose not to stop at every edit box or
>> search field?
>> Thanks,
>> Indi
>>
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