[jawsscripts] Re: focusing on specific page elements
- From: "Jim Snowbarger" <Snowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:53:24 -0500
Very helpful references, guys. thanks very much.
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From: "Bryan Garaventa" <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 6:29 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: focusing on specific page elements
I recommend simply reading the DOM Core page from Quirksmode, which has all
you need to know to get this working.
http://quirksmode.org/dom/core/
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From: "Travis Roth" <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:07 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: focusing on specific page elements
> The document object model for the browser you're using. Sometimes the best
> sources are JavaScript documentation.
> Here is a page that has a HTML DOM reference:
> http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/default.asp
>
> Most of the Dom is standardized between browsers, but not all of it so
> depending on what you want to do and for which browser that requires
> Google.
> For example, I recently mentioned uing activeElement to find the browser's
> focus. I believe this is IE specific, and Firefox has a different
> command/attribute.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Snowbarger
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 5:50 PM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: focusing on specific page elements
>
> Here is one very basic question I can't seem to get past, being one who is
> interested in all this, but who doesn't seem to have quite enough time to
> really get focused on it long enough to actually learn and retain much.
> Where does one go to get documentation on the DOM. I learn tidbits from
> you
> guys, but dont' know where you are going to get the information.
> I know, microsoft. But, every time I go there, and search For Document
> Object Model, I get the impression that there are lots of different object
> models for different contexts, and I dont' know which one I am really
> looking for. I very quickly get lost, and totally overwhelmed by the
> absolute jungle I find at Microsoft.
> Can anybody mercifully help narrow my search?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 5:07 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: focusing on specific page elements
>
>
> Whatever DOM calls modify things should work I think. Examples include
> .write from a Document object and .setAttribute from any element type.
> You can assign .outerHTML but I think that can do odd things in some
> cases.
>
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 04:22:52PM -0500, Jim Snowbarger wrote:
> Good for you! So, what's the magic? How does one use jaws to insert Aria
> Markup.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 8:07 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: focusing on specific page elements
>
>
> I've had two projects this year in which I found it advantageous to
> use JAWS' DOM access in Internet Explorer to inject ARIA attributes
> into a displayed web page in order to make JAWS render it more
> correctly in its virtual view. Focus can be set similarly - in fact,
> because JAWS can directly access the DOM, it can do most anything
> Javascript can do, up to and including writing Javascript to the page
> and running it in realtime. Of course, it is always best when the page
> itself comes up accessible by itself.
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 06:45:33AM -0600, John Martyn wrote:
> No, it has to be coded on the webpage. There is no way to inject
> javascript
> commands into a webpage through jaws.
> HTH
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 6:44 AM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: focusing on specific page elements
>
> Hi,
> Do you then get JAWS to somehow insert this into the DOM?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Martyn
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 7:25 AM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] focusing on specific page elements
>
> I just thought of this. If you want to bring control to a specific form
> element, the best thing to do is use javascript.
> One an OnClick element of a link you can call a function that says
>
> Document.formName.formelementName.focus()
>
>
>
> This would be the fastest way to bring focus to an element whether it be a
> form or a link etc. But you need to name the name and id of that control
> so
> javascript sees it. For example:
>
> Function clickIt(){
>
> Document.divName.ElementName.Focus()
>
> }
>
> HTML code
>
> <a href="" OnClick="javascript:ClickIt()">
>
>
>
> <div name="objectName" id="objectName">
>
> Some element here
>
> </div>
>
> Or if you are using multiple forms
>
> Document.formName.FieldName.Focus()
>
> <form name="myForm" id="myForm" action=.
>
> <input name=FieldName" id="fieldname" type="text">
>
> Just a thought at 5 am after thinking about it.
>
> HTH
>
> John Martyn
>
>
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