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

[muktha <muktha narayan wipro com>]

Hi Padriag,
Thanks for the suggestion.
The GnomeStatusBar is part of the libgnomeui and I suppose that it will be
accessible once libgnomeui is
made accessible.
Also, one thing which I have noticed  in the GCharmap application is that the
status bar gets updated with
the character and character code only when the mouse moves over the character
buttons. No information
is available on the status bar when the character buttons are navigated using the
keyboard only.
Should this be fixed ???

Thanks and Regards
Muktha

Padraig O'Briain wrote:

> Muktha,
>
> My preference would be to implement an AtkObject for GnomeStatusBar in a similar
> way as is done in gail/gailstatusbar.c for GtkStatusbar. One reason for this is
> that I believe that this accessible object will be useful in other applications.
>
> If we do this I do not see the need for tooltips for the character buttons.
>
> Padraig
>
> >
> > 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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