Re: Feature proposal: Focus caret/tracking in GNOME Shell

[Joseph Scheuhammer <clown idi gmail com>]

On 11-10-22 8:25 PM, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Piñeiro<apinheiro igalia com>  wrote:
> > Description
> > =======
> >
> > The GNOME Shell magnifier currently relies on Orca to track the current
> > keyboard focus, scrolling the view of the magnified content to include
> > the focused UI element or caret position. This is acceptable for the
> > very few users who require both a screen reader and screen magnifier
> > simultaneously. However, for the majority of magnifier users, who want
> > to use only a magnifier, it is overkill to launch a screen reader as
> > well. The shell should have its own focus tracking mechanism.
> Will this focus tracking mechanism be used for the shell OSK as well ?

Yes, in the sense that the mechanism is neutral with respect to who can 
use it.  So, it's not specific to the magnifier; the magnifier is but 
one of its "users".

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