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<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#reading"/>
<link type="next" xref="howto_live_regions" />
<title type="sort">5. Filling out forms</title>
<desc>
Accessing widgets embedded in documents
</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Joanmarie Diggs</name>
<email>joanied@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
</info>
<title>Filling out forms</title>
<p>
When interacting with web pages and other documents using <app>Orca</app>,
you are interacting with the document itself; not a buffered copy of that
document. <app>Orca</app>'s browse and focus modes let you switch between
reading and filling out forms.
</p>
<section id="navigating_amongst_form_fields">
<title>Navigating Amongst Form Fields</title>
<p>
To navigate amongst form fields, you have several options:
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Use <key>Tab</key> and <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq>
to navigate amongst focusable objects, regardless of type.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Use <app>Orca</app>'s <link xref="commands_structural_navigation#forms">
structural navigation commands for forms</link>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Depending on the form and the application, you may also be
able to use the arrow keys to navigate to a given form field.
</p>
</item>
</list>
<note style="tip">
<p>
In order to use <app>Orca</app>'s caret navigation or structural navigation
commands to navigate to a form field, you must be in browse mode. If you are
in focus mode, you can switch to browse mode by pressing <keyseq><key>Orca
Modifier</key><key>A</key></keyseq>.
</p>
</note>
</section>
<section id="exiting_form_fields">
<title>Exiting Form Fields</title>
<p>
To exit a form field, you have several options:
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Use <key>Tab</key>/<keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq>
if you wish to leave the currently-focused form field and move to the
next/previous focusable object, regardless of type.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Use <app>Orca</app>'s <link xref="commands_structural_navigation#forms">
structural navigation commands for forms</link> to move to the next or
previous form field.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Depending on the form and the application, you may also be
able to use the arrow keys to navigate out of a given form field.
</p>
</item>
</list>
<note style="tip">
<p>
In order to use <app>Orca</app>'s caret navigation or structural navigation
commands to exit a form field, you must be in browse mode. If you are in
focus mode, you can switch to browse mode by pressing <keyseq><key>Orca
Modifier</key><key>A</key></keyseq>.
</p>
</note>
</section>
</page>
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