Re: [orca-list] Wrong table recognition on NVDA snapshot page

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

Am 01.10.2008 22:57, Joanmarie Diggs schrieb:
> Hi Hermann.
>
> > The 3rd column contains two links: The install and the portable version. 
> > Orca splits this column in two rows.
>
> Aha! Well that's an entirely different matter. Thanks for the update.
>
> It's not being split into two rows exactly, but rather two lines. There
> is a line break in between the install and the portable version. (i.e.
> each version really is on a separate line within that table cell).
OK, I meant two lines, just being not exact.

> > You only get there by using the links navigation or to go to the next 
> > table row and tehn arrow up one line.
> > And I think this is odd.
>
> I hadn't noticed that, but I agree with you: We shouldn't be skipping
> over that.
>
> > So I think this table should be revisited in order to fix the odd display.
>
> I agree with you on this point too. Well, at least the need to revisit
> that table. :-) The odd display resulting from the line break ain't our
> fault. <grin> In all seriousness though, our UI lead and many of our
> community members have stressed the value of presenting what's on the
> screen as it appears on the screen. And the offending line in that table
> cell is mostly certainly it's own line within each of the cells in
> column 3. So Down Arrow needs to take you there rather than skipping
> over it. And it might be nice if Orca's table cell navigation commands
> spoke the full cell content so that you knew the offending second line
> was present. :-) I opened a bug to deal with these issues:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554616
Thanks too, and I think one of the NVDA developers - Peter Vagner - is 
on this list, so he can perhaps explain the appearance of that table.
Hermann