Re: [orca-list] mouse over not working

[Rob Whyte <fudge thefudge net>]

Sometimes you had to push Control F1 on something to toggle Orca to
read, by memory.

Rob


On 23/05/13 21:50, lsmithso hare demon co uk wrote:
> OK OK, its positively prehistoric.  But is there a reason for mouse
> over to not work, other than that its not running the latest version?
> Amongst other things I support some legacy Ubuntu software and
> upgrading may be more trouble than its worth.
>
>
>
> Bill Dengler(arch Gnu/Linux) writes:
>  > Eighteen month old software.
>  > 
>  > Bill
>  > On 05/23/13 07:35, lsmithso hare demon co uk wrote:
>  > >
>  > > My use of Ubuntu 11.10 predates my use of Orca, and I'd rather not
>  > > upgrade unless I really really have to.
>  > >
>  > > Unity 3d was confusing either me or the desktop, and fancy graphical
>  > > effects are utterly wasted on me.
>  > >
>  > > Tool tips on or off, makes no difference.
>  > >
>  > > I appreciate that newer versions of gnome/orca may be better than old
>  > > ones, but did mouse over ever work on this ancient combination of 12
>  > > month old software?
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Bill Dengler(arch Gnu/Linux) writes:
>  > >   > Three things :
>  > >   > 1 - your Ubuntu is really old! They've made lots of enhancements in
>  > >   > Orca/Gnome 3.8 and the new Unity. Run the following commands :
>  > >   >
>  > >   > sudo -i
>  > >   > do-release-upgrade
>  > >   > do-release-upgrade
>  > >   > do-release-upgrade
>  > >   > exit
>  > >   >
>  > >   > 2 - enable "speak tooltips"
>  > >   > 3 - why are you on Unity 2D? Do you have an older box?
>  > >   >
>  > >   > Bill
>  > >   > On 05/22/13 23:44, lsmithso hare demon co uk wrote:
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > > Hi:
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > > I'm trying to get mouse over working on Orca. I'm not sure what the
>  > >   > > official title of this is, but when I hover over say a desktop icon,
>  > >   > > or a menue item in any app, I'd like to hear the text under it spoken.
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > > I've enabled 'Speak object under mouse' in Orca preferences, but mouse
>  > >   > > over greets me with silence. Orca otherwise seems to work fine.
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > > Muy config is Orca 3.2.1, Oralux Voxin, Ubuntu 11.10, unity 2d
>  > >   > > desktop.  . I realise this is rather old but I'd rather not upgrade
>  > >   > > unless I absolutely have to.
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > > I restarted orca with debug and found the following in the log. Dunno if its relevant:
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > > vvvvv PROCESS OBJECT EVENT object:text-changed:insert vvvvv
>  > >   > > OBJECT EVENT: object:text-changed:insert               detail=(0,1238,Traceback (most recent 
> call last):
>  > >   > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyatspi/registry.py", line 193, in eventWrapper
>  > >   > >      return callback(event)
>  > >   > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/orca/mouse_review.py", line 190, in _onMouseMoved
>  > >   > >      self._mouseDwellTimeout(event.detail1, event.detail2)
>  > >   > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/orca/mouse_review.py", line 206, in _mouseDwellTimeout
>  > >   > >      self._reportUnderMouse(x, y)
>  > >   > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/orca/mouse_review.py", line 216, in _reportUnderMouse
>  > >   > >      current_element = self._getContextUnderMouse(x, y)
>  > >   > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/orca/mouse_review.py", line 310, in 
> _getContextUnderMouse
>  > >   > >      acc = script.utilities.componentAtDesktopCoords(frame, x, y)
>  > >   > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/orca/script_utilities.py", line 384, in 
> componentAtDesktopCoords
>  > >   > >      if not container or container.queryComponent() == ci:
>  > >   > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyatspi/Accessibility.py", line 228, in <lambda>
>  > >   > >      Atspi.Accessible.queryComponent = lambda x: getInterface(Atspi.Accessible.get_component, x)
>  > >   > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyatspi/Accessibility.py", line 100, in getInterface
>  > >   > >      raise NotImplementedError
>  > >   > > NotImplementedError
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > > Thanks for any help you can give.
>  > >   > >
>  > >   > >
>  > >