[nfbcs] Escaping from the IE toolbar from hell

[Doug Lee]

I can shorten the toolbar a bit by unchecking Command Bar in the View
> Toolbars menu, but there are still a few tab stops that remain.

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:42:17AM -0500, Tracy Carcione wrote:
Thanks very much.  I'm saving this message for reference, the next
time it comes up.
I eventually got out of the toolbar by alt-tabbing to another open
page, then coming back.

So I take it there's no way to just do away with this toolbar
altogether?  I hate it, and I've no use for it.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Escaping from the IE toolbar from hell


>In my experience at least, the problem you're experiencing is not a
>problem with the IE toolbar, but a problem with the web page itself
>not taking focus when it should.  I have used the following
>workarounds, any one of which may work, but none of which are
>guaranteed. After each of these, you can test whether you're on the
>page by hitting the PC Cursor key (numPad Plus or CapLock Semicolon
>depending on your keyboard layout).  If it says "virtual PC cursor,"
>you're good. If it just says "PC cursor," try the next trick.
>
>1. Tap the Alt key to go to the menu bar, then again to leave it.
>Sometimes I have to tap Alt three rather than just two times here.
>
>2. Type Insert+Z to turn the virtual cursor off, then again to turn it
>back on.
>
>3. Type Insert+Esc to refresh the JAWS view of the page, then try
>tabbing back and forth to try to focus something between the last
>toolbar item and the address bar.
>
>You can also use the JAWS cursor to click on the web page, but be
>careful with that, because you can activate a link, button, etc. by
>clicking one of those when you just want to click the page. Pick a
>piece of text that you know is not actionable, like a part of a
>paragraph.
>
>Best of luck. I run into this problem uncommon often, sorry to say.
>
>On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:16:22AM -0500, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>Help!  I'm stuck in the IE8 toolbar, the one that says home split,
>page safety tools, google search, etc.  I keep tabbing, and I can't
>get back to the page I was on.  After I filled my cart with stuff, and
>was trying to check out, which is extremely annoying.
>How do I escape?  And can I get rid of this monstrosity forever?
>Thanks.
>Tracy
>
>
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