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I down arrow search Zendesk support, I. Get to search Zendesk support and if I press my down arrow again you hear the pop and I'm put into an edit field where I can type. This tells me I'm in Forms mode and if I press my down arrow. List of object type Filters Toolbar list with four items Tickets Toggle button not pressed to toggle the state press spacebar.
It triggers a list of objects that I can search by because I'm in a search field. Well, I find this to be a little inconvenient, so I'll tap Escape twice. Virtual PC cursor and we'll go back. To the top of the page home. And dash Use E to locate the search field. Active Search Z support Edit combo blank. And then up arrow to get off of the edit field. Search Zendisk support what I can do.
Now is if I want to set my jaws to semi auto, this would mean that when I down arrow I won't be placed into Forms mode. Let's demonstrate how to set this and how you can get into Forms mode if you need it. When this is set, we'll start by pressing Jaws key and the number six on the number row. Search Jaws Settings center dialog, Search box, Edit Type and text control +E and.
Put it in a search field. But if for some reason your focus isn't placed there, you can press Control E to move focus to the search field. And because I only want this to be effective in Edge, if you want it to be effective in all your browsers, you can press Control Shift D for default. I'm going to type in Forms here. Forms Mode 1 of 8 Search Results. This populates 8 search results that we. Can down arrow through 8 Search Result. Select Forms Mode Auto Forms mode.
Currently it's set to select Forms mode. Auto if I press my spacebar, which. Is the second of three options at this point, I'm going to press Alt A and tab twice. Read only Edit OK button To activate press spacebar. We'll press Spacebar Home and Dash at. Guys and Dash Zendesk Microsoft Edge Home. And Dash and we're taken back to. The Home at Guys. Search Zendesk support and we're located on.
The Search Zendesk support line. As you remember, last time when we pressed down arrow, we were instantly put into Forms mode. Let's press down arrow Edit combo. It says Edit combo, which tells us that there are things we can search by which we kind of experienced. Let's press down arrow again. Heading level three Filters and as you. Can see, we now see Filters list. Of object type Filters toolbar with four controls, list of four items, Tickets toggle. Button not pressed and we can pick.
The filters that we want to filter by. But what if we need to actually type in that edit field? Because we weren't switched to Forms mode automatically, we wouldn't have been able to type because pressing the letter H, for example, would have taken us to heading. Press Shift tab Search Z Disk Support. Edit Combo blank To set the value, use the arrow keys or type the.
Value and you're put in Deforms mode because you tabbed into an edit field. Now, there might be one more way you want to navigate the web. Let's Tap Escape virtual PC cursor up arrow 2 Search Z support and then press Jaws key. 6 Again search Jaws settings center dialog Search box Edit Type in text Control. E. We'll type in Forms mode again. Or forms forms mode. 1 of 8 search results. Press my down arrow key a couple of times. 8 search select forms mode Semi Auto.
Forms mode and press space to go to Manual. 3 of 3 Press Alt A Tab. Twice Read OK button to activate press. Spacebar and press OK home and dash. 8. Now we're back on the line. Search Zendesk support and I'm going to. Down arrow here to show you the behavior. Edit combo heading level 3 filters list of object type filters toolbar with 4 cont list of 4 items tickets toggle. Button not pressed and as you can.
See, we're back on the Tickets toggle button not pressed. If I press Shift tab previously it would put me in Forms mode Search. Zdist support Edit combo. But this just puts me on the edit field and I have to put myself manually in Forms mode by pressing enter. Now I'm in Forms mode and I can start typing in this Search Edit field. Hopefully you found the information in this audio about Forms mode in JAWS to be helpful. Check out Unmute show for more content like it.