Internet Explorer with JAWS part 4

Filling in online forms.

Below is an example of a typical online form. Many Web sites will require that you submit a form with your contact information followed by the pertinant information related to your order.

Note: Num pad + will turn forms mode off if needed.

Let's say you have found a Web site that offers space travel to the moon and 8 planets. The below form uses all of the various types of form elements that you might encounter when filling in an online form.

• Edit box.
  Type the appropriate text .
• radio button.
  Think of radio buttons as a radio tuner. Only one frequency can be chosen. Use up and down arrows.
• check box.
  Press Spacebar to check, or uncheck selection.
• combo box.
  Only one option can be chosen from a list.
  Pres Enter to open the combo box. Several items are listed but only one is ever visible. Combo boxes, therefore, take up less real estate on Web pages.
  Note: Occasionally you will need to press Alt down arrow to access list items in a combo box.
• extended select box.
  Like a combo box but allows for multiple selections. An example is shown in the next part of this tutorial.
• button.
  Submits the form.

Note: Pressing TAB moves from one form element to the next.
TIP: Listen to your screen reader, as it offers the instruction on how to interact with the form element.

Online Registration Form to Air Stacy Space Travel

Welcome to Air Stacy Space Travel Adventures. Please complete the following form to describe which planet in our solar system you would like to visit.
All of the form types listed above are here so be sure to listen to the JAWS tutor message, telling you which of the form types is being used.
This way you will know how to respond.

Remember: In an edit box we need to press Enter to turn forms mode on, and then press TAB to move to the next form element.

Name: Enter your address:

Type of trip:

One way
Round trip
Not sure at this point

Previous travel Experience. Select all that apply:

Air plane
Public transit
Roller coasters
Walking backwards

Choose your destination planet? Neptune Jupiter Mercury Saturn Mars Venus Pluto The Moon