Re: [g-a-devel]Accessibility for GnomeCharmap

[Marc Mulcahy <marc mulcahy sun com>]

Padraig,

I assume you've seen this app and might have a better idea what makes sense 
here, can you make a recommendation to Muktha on this?

Thanks,

Marc

At 11:10 AM 2/20/2002 +0530, muktha wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> Will you please let me know if I should go ahead and provide the tooltips 
> for the
> character buttons.
>
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Muktha
>
> Marc Mulcahy wrote:
>
> > If we take Padraig's approach, and make an AtkObject for GnomeStatusBar
> > with a role of ATK_ROLE_STATUSBAR then we wouldn't necesssarily have to add
> > tooltips to all the buttons.   We could rely on the assistive technology to
> > do the right thing and read status bar changes.  As Padraig suggests, the
> > text is available now without any modifications, but it is not obvious to
> > an assistive technology that the text is contained in a statusbar.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > At 01:53 PM 2/18/2002 +0000, Padraig O'Briain wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I would regard the gnome status bar (GnomeAppBar) as either accessible or
> > >easy
> > >to make accessible. In general, if not in this application, there will
> > >probably
> > >be a requirement for GnomeAppBar to be accessible. The GnomeAppBar has a
> > >child
> > >(GtkFrame) which has a child which is a GtkLabel. The text of the 
> GrkLabel is
> > >the text which is displayed in the status bar.
> > >
> > >One might consider implementing accessibility for GnomeAppBar in a similar
> > >way
> > >as for GtkStatus, i.e. set role to ATK_ROLE_STATUSBAR, report no 
> children and
> > >its name as the text on the label; when the text on the label changes
> > >report a
> > >change in accessible-name.
> > >
> > >As you suggest, you could specify the text which appears in the status bar
> > >for a
> > >button as the tooltip for the button. This will increase the size of the
> > >application as a tooltip must be stored for each button.
> > >
> > >Padraig
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > The status bar used in gcharmap is the gnome status bar and not
> > > GtkStatusbar
> > > > and hence it is not
> > > > accessible  as of now. As the mouse moves on the character buttons, the
> > > > character as well as the
> > > > character code appears on the status bar. Presently, the character
> > > buttons do
> > > > not have any tooltips.
> > > > So, instead of just giving the characters as the tooltip to the 
> character
> > > > buttons I thought that I could give
> > > > the information(which includes the character code) that appears on the
> > > status
> > > > bar as a tooltip to the character buttons.
> > > >
> > > > Would like to know your opinion regarding this.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks and regards
> > > > Muktha
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Marc Mulcahy wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Muktha,
> > > > >
> > > > > Why is the status bar not accessible?  Otherwise, your proposal
> > > sounds good.
> > > > >
> > > > > Marc
> > > > >
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