This is what I am already doing, but I'd like to know why I have to do this and if there is a way that I can go back to just pressing enter on the link.
Annette -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of kerryn gunness Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 4:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Cannot activate some links in I.E. 8 u can try, navigating to the link, press application key, arrow down to open in new window and press enter, that link would open in a new i e window. Kerryn Gunness Death and life are in the power of the tongue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Carr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 1:16 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Cannot activate some links in I.E. 8 > Hi All, > > > > I have been finding a number of websites in which I am unable to activate > the links on that page. When I hear JAWS announce that I am on a link, I > press the Enter key. In more and more situations, nothing happens. I > have > tried using the applications key and have found that Open is not a choice > on > the menu until I have attempted at least once to use the Enter key to > activate the link without success. So the sequence looks like this: > > > > > > > > . Navigate to the desired link > > . Activate the application menu and find that open is not on the > menu. > > . Press Escape to close the applications menu. > > . Ensure that I am really on the link. > > . Press the Enter key to try and activate the link. > > . If nothing happens, activate the applications key. > > . Select Open, Open in new tab or Open in new window, and then > press > the Enter key. > > . The link is now activated and the new page is opened. > > > > I am using I.E. 8, Office 2010, and JAWS 12 on a Windows7 64bit computer. > I've even tried JAWS 11. I have not gotten around to trying JAWS 13. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas to why this is happening? Is it a JAWS issue, > an > I.E. issue or a Security setting? Is there a way to change it? > > > > Thanks, > > Annette > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
