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

Sun Oct 6 11:07:01 EDT 2013

hi
'i work with fire fox, and jaws. does  google chrone works faster than fire 
fox with jaws too?
thank you
efrat.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Does Anyone Know How To Get NVDA to Skip Edit Boxes?


> Thanks, I forget about ctrl+W; I'll try that one.
> I'm having no problems exiting web pages now that I've switched to Google 
> Chrome for my browser; and Chrome absolutely flies.
> It goes 2 or 3 times faster than FireFox 11, and gives me no hassles at 
> all.
> It either comes up with the Address and Search Bar open, waiting for me to 
> type in search terms, or; I can bring it up by pressing alt, then let go 
> of alt and press right arrow 3 or 4 times; until I hear Address and Search 
> Bar; then I just type in the search terms and press enter.
> I've done absolutely no configuring of Chrome, seems great like it is.
> It has huge stability when combined with NVDA, and is blazingly fast at 
> finding hits on Google home Page; less waiting time before YouTubes begin 
> to play;  way quicker opening of web pages; and I can hold the down arrow 
> to zoom down a web page while hearing eloquence speaking bits and pieces 
> of the lines I'm skimming; so I get an idea of what's on the web page; 
> with never a hickup or glitch.
> With Chrome NVDA never gets stuck in search boxes or combo boxes belonging 
> to web pages.
> Thanks,
> Indi
>
> On 10/6/2013 12:17 AM, TheOreoMonster wrote:
>> ctrl+w or alt+f4 works for quickly exiting pages or closing the browser
>>
>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Scott, I tried unchecking auto focus, in NVDA, which caused me more 
>>> problems than running it; causing web pages to become unfocused and 
>>> floaty.
>>> I got some more stability by; in preferences/review mode, unchecking 
>>> follow system focus and follow system carat, also unchecked simple 
>>> review mode, and placed a checkmark on follow mouse cursor.
>>> Now, i'm getting a webpage that's more like the good old days, with 
>>> every link at the tab key responding to clicks from the enter key, and 
>>> the cursor not sticking inside edit boxes as much when I'm arrowing 
>>> quickly down a page.
>>> I still hear the cash register clink audio indication that the cursor is 
>>> crossing a search box, but the cursor  unsticks from the search box most 
>>> of the time if I just continue arrowing down.
>>> That seems a good enough compromise at the moment.
>>> I still haven't found any method of reaching the upper right corner of a 
>>> web page.
>>> You'd think there would be a number pad navigation shortcut to shoot the 
>>> mouse cursor to the upper right, corner so I could left click on that 
>>> tiny X that immediately exits many web pages.
>>> 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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