- From: Steven Faulkner <steven.faulkner@nils.org.au>
- Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 10:40:51 +1000
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I just received an email from Geoff Stephens (thanks!) that sheds some light on what I have observed: Geoff wrote: "The reason for this behaviour with JAWS is that if JAWS' Forms Mode is not enabled and the user moves to a form field and enables forms Mode, the text is not cleared. However, if forms Mode is already active and user tabs to form field and enters text then the selected value is cleared just as with normal browser behaviour." I observed the behaviour when the user moved through the page content to a simple search form (one of those that is quite often found in the top right corner of web pages). thanks again Geoff! regards Steven Faulkner Web Accessibility Consultant vision australia - information & library service 454 Glenferrie Road Kooyong Victoria 3144 Phone: (613) 9864 9281 Fax: (613) 9864 9210 Email: steven.faulkner@nils.org.au www.accessibleinfo.org.au | www.wat-c.org Download the Web Accessibility Toolbar [http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/ais/toolbar/] Vision Australia was formed through the merger of the Royal Blind Society NSW, the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Vision Australia Foundation and the National Information & Library Service. ABN: 67 108 391 831 ACN: 108 391 831 > -----Original Message----- > From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On > Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke > Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2006 10:03 AM > To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org > Subject: Re: Use of pre-compilated text-fields in forms > > > > Steven Faulkner wrote: > > > In observing a screen reader (JAWS) user interacting with inputs > > containing default text I have found that the default text > can actually > > hinder. The keyboard behaviour you describe "when tabbing into the > > field, already preselects the entire existing value" did > not occur when > > the user tabbed to the input (may have something to do with > the various > > JAWS cursors/modes) so the user ended up filling in the > field with the > > default text at the end of the users input. > > That's some excellent info, Steven. Further reinforces the > need to stop > following this outdated WCAG 1.0 checkpoint, IMHO. > > P > -- > > Patrick H. Lauke > __________________________________________________________ > re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively > [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] > www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk > http://redux.deviantart.com > __________________________________________________________ > Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force > http://webstandards.org/ > __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed Spam messages and set aside Later for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com
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