Add a |skipInitialAncestry| option to tree walking.

chrome/browser/resources/chromeos/chromevox/cvox2/background/background.js

 // Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 /**
  * @fileoverview The entry point for all ChromeVox2 related code for the
  * background page.
  */
 
 goog.provide('Background');
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         for (var key in description)
           url += key + ':%20' + description[key] + '%0a';
         chrome.tabs.create({url: url});
         return false;
       default:
         return true;
     }
 
     if (pred) {
       var node = AutomationUtil.findNextNode(
-          current.getBound(dir).node, dir, pred);
+          current.getBound(dir).node, dir, pred, {skipInitialAncestry: true});
+
+      if (node) {
+        node = AutomationUtil.findNodePre(
+            node, dir, AutomationPredicate.element) || node;
+      }
 
       if (node) {
         current = cursors.Range.fromNode(node);
       } else {
         if (predErrorMsg) {
           cvox.ChromeVox.tts.speak(Msgs.getMsg(predErrorMsg),
                                    cvox.QueueMode.FLUSH);
         }
         return false;
       }
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     return glob.replace(/[.+^$(){}|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
         .replace(/\*/g, '.*')
         .replace(/\?/g, '.');
   }).join('|') + ')$');
 };
 
 /** @type {Background} */
 global.backgroundObj = new Background();
 
 });  // goog.scope