[jawsscripts] Re: Left mouse button on the next item in a list

  • From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:43:23 -0000

Ok Andy,

  I understand you to say that the highlight is moving down a number of 
times for each single press of the down arrow key.

  Have you investigated the list view functions that begin with l v, such as 
lvMoveBy LineUnit or lvSelectItem?

  Martin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Borka" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:58 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Left mouse button on the next item in a list


> Hi.
>
> When I take out TypeKey("down arrow") and reassign the script hotkey to
> control +d and then run it, this is what happens:
>
> 1. Go to the problematic listview.
> 2. Press home to make sure I am at the top of the list.
> 3. Press down arrow once followed by control+d to activate the script.
>
> The result is that the highlight bar moves down x number of down arrow
> presses. What I am trying to do with the script is to be able to down
> arrow and expect that the highlight bar would move with the down arrow.
> If this can be done with Jaws then it would be good since there is no
> other hope for the listview. Is there a way to do this? It looks like
> I'm close since I can do it like this so far.
>
>
> Martin Slack wrote:
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>>   Firstly I would say that the line:
>>
>> TypeKey("down arrow")
>>
>> in your script isn't actually doing anything.  I understand that you have 
>> to
>> use the exact form of words that FS has prescribed as a key name, and in
>> this case, it doesn't include a space, and has both sub-words 
>> capitalised.
>> Like so:
>>
>> TypeKey("DownArrow")
>>
>>   However, the fact that the script is working must mean that it is the 
>> down
>> arrow key activating the script that is causing the pc cursor "highlight" 
>> to
>> move down.
>>
>>   What happens if you press the down arrow key the appropriate number of
>> times, then use control+shift+some other key to call your script (without
>> the final TypeKey line) ?
>>
>>   Martin
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Andy Borka" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 8:51 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Left mouse button on the next item in a list
>>
>>
>>
>>> I need to left mouse button on the next item in a list because the
>>> highlight bar doesn't move with the pc cursor in a listview. I have the
>>> following script that works when using control windows downarrow, but I
>>> have to press control windows down arrow each time I want to go down in
>>> the list. Is there a way to make it do this but be able to hold down the
>>> control windows combo and then just hit the down arrow to move in the
>>> list?
>>>
>>> Script MoveDownInCalendarEventList ()
>>> PCCursor ()
>>> RouteJAWSToPc ()
>>> LeftMouseButton ()
>>> PCCursor ()
>>> TypeKey("down arrow")
>>> EndScript
>>>
>
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