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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm a totally blind Windows user and use JAWS as my primary screen reader. I'm currently trying to start the freeCodeCamp Build a Boilerplate workshop,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>which uses GitHub Codespaces.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I've run into an accessibility problem during the Codespaces setup.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The freeCodeCamp instructions say:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"In the Repository access field, select the freeCodeCamp/rdb-alpha repository."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GitHub gives me a repository-selection list with a filter field. I can navigate to the filter and search for freeCodeCamp/rdb-alpha, but JAWS isn't reliably<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>telling me whether the repository is selected, and I'm having difficulty actually selecting it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was able to use Windows Narrator to select the repository, so the control appears to work, but it isn't working reliably with JAWS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone using JAWS encountered this GitHub repository-selection control? Is there a keyboard-only or JAWS-specific workaround for selecting a repository?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm particularly interested in a way to do this using JAWS rather than having to switch to Narrator or arrange sighted assistance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The relevant setup is:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>list of 5 items<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Windows<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JAWS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GitHub Codespaces<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>freeCodeCamp Build a Boilerplate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Required repository: freeCodeCamp/rdb-alpha<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>list end<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any suggestions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>