[g-a-devel]Re: hidden or sensitive state

[Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>]

Hi Padraig,

On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 09:34, Padraig O'Briain wrote:
> I assume by 'hidden' you mean a GtkWidget for which GTK_VISIBLE is not set.

	Yes.

> Currently, the way we handle this is by not setting the state
> ATK_STATE_VISIBLE.

	Oh - I'm still not seeing state sets via cspi - perhaps this is the
problem.

> So, to determine when an object is visible, call
> atk_object_ref_state_set() and then
> atk_state_set_contains_set(state_set, ATK_STATE_SET_VISIBLE). We could
> probably do with a function atk_object_is_visible() which does that.

	Possibly.

> Are you are asking that the implementation of AtkAction in, e.g.
> gailbutton.c or gailmenuitem.c should check that the widget is
> VISIBLE and SENSITIVE before doing the action?

	Yes - that is vital - it is an important invariant that many programs
rely on. Is it documented somewhere that there are a load of Accessibles
exposed that should not (and may never be) used ? a lot of widgets spend
their lives hidden for various reasons.

	Hmm,

		Michael.

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