Navigation:  19: Working with the Internet > 19.8: Links and onClicks

Definition

 

A link is an interactive element that connects one web resource to another. Links usually change the location of a given web page to the web page specified in the link source. The actual behavior of a link, however, will be determined by the web page developer. Links also have the ability to be designated by the web browse as visited. A visited link is simply a link that you have navigated to before.

 

Navigation

 

L = Next Link

SHIFT-L = Previous Link

V = Next Visited Link

SHIFT-V = Previous Visited Link

 

Note that TAB and SHIFT-TAB can also be used to navigate through links. The only difference being that TAB and SHIFT-TAB will also place focus on form controls when encountered, whereas L and SHIFT-L will only focus links.

 

Verbosity

 

• Do Not Indicate Link/Indicate Link Before/Indicate Link After – This option will notify the user of link elements. If Do Not Indicate Link is enabled, no link indication will be announced. If Indicate Link Before is enabled, the link announcement will be spoken before the link text. For example, "Link GW Micro." If Indicate Link After is enabled, the link announcement will be spoken after the link text. For example, "GW Micro Link." This option is also used when tabbing through links with browse mode turned off.
• Identify Same Page Links – This option will notify the user of link elements that refer to the same page wherein the link resides.
• Identify Visited Links – This option will notify the user of link elements that have already been visited by the user. The status of whether or not a link is considered visited is controlled by the web browser.

 

onClicks

 

Web developers are able to create interactive objects that perform functions similar to those of standard links using a JavaScript method called onClick. Window-Eyes provides access to these objects by letting the user press ENTER on them, just as they would a standard link. Because links and onClicks are so closely related, link verbosity options and hot keys apply to both links and onClicks.