Re: [orca-list] WXGTK (was Re: orca and smmx)

[Krister Ekstrom <krister kristersplace ws>]

Hello,
This discussion sounds very interesting, because this means that
Audacity, which as far as i understand it uses WX GTK could be made
accessible, something which it isn't to date, as far as i can understand
it. If so, that'd be cool since then we'd have a really good audio
editing solution in Linux and i'd come one step closer to leaving Windows.
/Krister

Tomas Cerha wrote:
> Nolan Darilek wrote:
>>> It's likely the program is using wxgtk.  It is a widget set with  
>>> controls that look
>>> like MS Windows.  Any app that uses wxgtk isn't accessible.
>>>
>> Really? Can anyone else confirm this?
> 
> No, it is not correct.
> 
>> I'm writing an application that uses WXRuby (which, in turn, uses  
>> WXGTK.) Thus far, I've found it to be highly accessible. But am I  
>> likely to run into any accessibility issues further down?
> 
> I saw reports of some problems.  As far as I understand it, some wx
> widgets, which have a custom implementation under wxGTK, may not
> implement accessibility support correctly.  You should be safe if you
> choose carefully which widgets you use.  And if you discover problems
> with certain widgets, you may do a good job if you report them...
> 
>> My understanding of WX is that it doesn't look like windows, but rather  
>> looks native to whatever platform you're on. 
> 
> Yes, that's correct.
> 
>> BTW, I think the app in question is XMMS, and when last I checked it  
>> used GTK 1.2.
> 
> Yes, and that is the reason why it is not accessible.
> 
> Best regards, Tomas
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