[jawsscripts] Re: NoSpeech absolute method of toggling checkboxes.
- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:54:03 -0000
Yes! This works under Vista too! Cheers!
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Chris Hallsworth
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From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:45 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] NoSpeech absolute method of toggling checkboxes.
> Mighty scripters!
> I've just discovered something that probably everyone else knew already,
> But I certainly didn't until tonight, and
> I thought might be kinda handy for more than one of you out here.
> I know it's not often we need such an alternative, but, does one not feel
> there are just occasionally those times in life where it may come in handy
> to be able to operate a CheckBox with no Speech, as in, when you
> accidentally
> manage to mute your volume control, or you've played around so much
> between master and the WaveOut mix trying to play the dancyNancy game of,
> "which wave output/master control
> have I muted/unmuted now!" type deal, that one gets lost in the murkyness
> of the dreaded "one key toggle" game?
>
> of course normally we'd just operate checkBox toggles with spaceBar, and
> rely on the speech output to inform us whether it's checked or not?
> well, on my keyboard on my system in xp Home here anywayz,
> I think I've discovered an alternate Absolute keyboard method for doing
> this.
>
> In fact there are a couple of interesting methods that appear to work here
> on my win xp home box.
> I haven't tested this under wineyes yet, so don't take this as Gospel yet
> all wineyes users,
> But, under jaws, when it's set to it's default KeyMap of NumPad Plus being
> snaffled to activate PC Cursor, and NumPad Minus to activate the jaws
> Cursor,
> in this state, if you hit Shift+NumPad Minus,
> it seems to absolutely uncheck/untick a checkBox, and shift+NumPad Plus,
> will absolutely check it, no matter how many times each is pressed.
> if Jaws isn't loaded, and those keys are free to do their nnormal
> functions, then plain NumPad Minus and Plus,
> without the shift, will do the same Job.
> Not only this, but, on my machine here, on the top Row of number keys,
> TopRow minus, i.e. the key directly to the right of topRow zero,will
> uncheck a CheckBox,
> and, kinda strangely, ,both equals, and ShiftEquals, (which of course is
> top Row Plus,) will both work to check a CheckBox.
> so, there you go. is that not at least mildly interesting?
> Has definite possibilities for scripts and macro recordings eh.
> Geoff c.
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