The Accessible theme includes larger fonts, enhanced tab and keystroke functionality, and screen reader compatibility in support of Federal accessibility requirements and Section 508 compliance. You can set up the JLV interface for Section 508 accessibility by selecting the option on the Login page or through Settings after logging in.
In the Accessible user theme, JLV uses a gold-colored border or outline as a visual indicator of what on-screen element is in keyboard focus. Keyboard focus determines which element, field, or control will receive information typed at the keyboard. For example, pressing the Tab key or the right arrow key will move the keyboard focus to the next on-screen field or button. Pressing Tab may also initiate JLV's implementation of skip navigation by displaying the Skip to Main Content element. Pressing Enter any time this element is on-screen will place the main portal tab in keyboard focus. Pressing Tab while on the Skip to Main Content link will take the focus to the next on-screen element.
In general, pressing the Enter key or the Spacebar when a screen element or button has keyboard focus mimics a mouse click. Alt + 4 is a keystroke combination enabled in the Accessible user theme. Use Alt + 4 to jump to on-screen fields or elements within the dialog box or portal.
In the following figure, the Documents widget has keyboard focus. A user can change the focus by pressing the Tab key. In this example, pressing the Tab key would shift the keyboard focus from the Documents widget to the Lab Panel Results widget (placed below the Documents widget in this sample figure). Pressing the Tab key again would shift the keyboard focus to the Inpatient Summaries widget (the widget in the top-right corner of the sample configuration), as in this configuration, there are no widgets placed below the Lab Panel Results widget.
Note: To view hover text where available in the JLV interface (such as terminology normalization in supported widgets), focus on the element within the widget that has hover text. After a small delay, the text will appear as if the user hovered over the element with a mouse cursor.
In the next example, the IPO3 tab of the Patient Demographics Details window has keyboard focus. A user can jump to the next tabs (IPO4, IPO5, or DoD) using arrow keys to jump to the VA tab, or alternately, press Tab until keyboard focus is on the Close button, and then press Enter to close the window. When the patient’s name has keyboard focus, use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the contents of the window.
The following example of widget in expanded view shows keyboard focus on the Close button. After pressing Enter to close the window, keyboard focus returns to the last element that had keyboard focus before opening the window.
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