Re: [anjuta-devel] Anjuta Accessibility

[Mike Ray <mike eyesfreelinux ninja>]

Hello Sebastien,

Here's a fragment of text from the page link given below:

--snip--
When using the GTK+ widget set, most accessibility information is built
into the widgets by GAIL except for doing the following:
• Provide names and descriptions of some controls and images using
atk_object_set_name and atk_object_set_description() or
atk_image_set_description().
• Specify relationships between labels and controls and between groups
of controls using atk_relation_new() and atk_relation_set_add(). Note
that GAIL does automatically create
RELATION_LABELLED_BY/RELATION_LABEL_FOR labels and widgets which are
attached next to one another in table layouts.
• Define access key mnemonics for controls using GTK methods such as
gtk_radio_button_new_with_mnemonic. For controls which have separate
labels (like text boxes, combo boxes, sliders, sping buttons, etc), use
GTK methods to set the mnemonic on the label
(gtk_label_new_with_mnemonic) and to associate the mnemonic access key
with its control (gtk_label_set_mnemonic_widget).
--snip--


https://wiki.gnome.org/Accessibility/Documentation/GNOME2/AtkGuide/Gtk


So I guess druid (and elsewhere in Anjuta) the code needs to call these
atk_ prefixed functions for each control it creates.

I have cloned the source from git and will have a go at building Anjuta
and trying it out.

I not the extra plugins provide the scintilla control as an option for
the code window.  I have spoken to the developer of the scintialla
control and he refuses point blank to do any work to introduce
accessibility into scintilla.  If I can learn enough about gtk coding I
will have a go at that too.

Mike





On 25/04/2015 13:49, Sébastien Granjoux wrote:
> Hello Mike,
>
>
> Le 25/04/2015 14:08, Mike Ray a écrit :
> > 1.  How active is Anjuta development?
>
> Unfortunately not very active at the moment. I'm the most active
> developer and I'm in maintenance mode, committing patches and making
> release but not really working on new features.
>
>
> > 2.  Is there any focus on accessibility?
>
> Not particularly, but the focus is defined by the will of anyone who
> submit patches.
>
>
> > 3.  What can I do, as a blind programmer, to help with Anjuta
> > accessibility?
>
> I don't know but I imagine there are lots of room for improvements.
>
>
> > Initial problems I have noticed is the controls on the dialog which
> > opens when defining a new gtk project do not have their labels spoken by
> > Orca, the gnome screen-reader.
> >
> > So far I have been unable to find where in the source this dialog is
> > defined to see if there any quick ways to fix this and for me to get
> > started with improving the accessibility of Anjuta.
>
> These dialog are generated automatically in
> plugins/project-wizard/druid.c. They probably miss some attributes, do
> you know which attribute is it or which function should be use to add
> all necessary informations?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sébastien


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