Has anyone else had problem with text boxes?

By Callum Stoneman, 30 April, 2013

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iOS and iPadOS
Hi, I am having a strange problem with VO on my iPhone. If their are many text boxes on a web page, like the subject and message boxes on the appleVis website, VO will let me go in to the subject box and type something, then whichever way I try getting to the next box it doesn't let me into it. I could double tap on the box then the keyboard appears for no longer than a couple of seconds then disappears again. If I turn VO off and tap on it I can hear the keyboard clicks then it disappears again as soon as I turn VO back on. It also won't let me go back to the previous box. I use Google chrome and thought it was a Google chrome bug, but it happens in safari aswell. Has anyone else had this problem or know a way round it? Thanks.

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By David Goodwin on Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 11:47

Unfortunately, this is a VoiceOver bug which was introduced in iOS 6.0 and has still to be fixed.

By Callum Stoneman on Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 11:47

Do you know a way around this? I did post this comment on my iPhone but again it took a lot of messing around with the text boxes. I prefer having it on my phone because it is easier than my laptop when it actually works :)

By Quintin Williams on Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 11:47

I had that exact problem when I was trying to post to applevis the other day, but I can't think of any other time I have had a similar problem. So, my initial thought would be, that it is the sites problem, but I can't be for sure on that. Good luck with finding a fix, I just used a different method to post, so it wasn't a big deal, but it certainly is frustrating.

By Khalfan Bin Dhaher on Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 11:47

Yes. I've been facing the same thing, actually VO drives me crazy at some points especially on the web and while typing a text. Each and every time I double tap the subject feild VO activates it, but when tapping the next buttun un top of the edit area VO doesn't activate the comment feild, I had to tap submit and then go back again and double tap the comment feild and start typing. When typing a text using the on-screen keyboard the cursur jumps to the beginning of aword which is really frustrating. This issue happens when navigating any website as well.

By Callum Stoneman on Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 11:47

I've found a way around this on the appleVis website, which is what was said above, click submit them go back and write a comment. As for the text box you mentioned where the focus jumped to the first word, I've not heard of that. It's definitely not an appleVis bug because I go on a few websites with more than 1 text box and the same thing happens.