Re: [g-a-devel]Re: Selection and Combo Boxes

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Peter Korn wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
>  
>
> > I believe Padraig may be proposing that the selection-changed events
> > would come from the "list child" of the combobox, which would implement
> > AccessibleSelection.
> > The intention of AccessibleSelection was that selection takes place on
> > its direct children, whereas the list items in a ComboBox are more
> > deeply nested.
> >    
>
> Yes, that was the intention, though I think "assumption" might be more
> accurate.  Given the way the API works, I'm not certain we can easily change
> it, but it may be worth rethinking/revisiting.  Should AccessibleSelection
> really be about selectable descendents (vs. only immediate children)?  What are
> the implications of changing this meaning?
I've argued against changing or extending this meaning to Padraig, as it 
makes the client
heuristics much more complex.  It also would cloud the meaning of the 
'index' parameters needed in order to modify selections.

My view is that our current API requires that 'selections' be direct 
children of the selectable object, and that if we want to rethink this 
will will need a different API.

- Bill

> Peter Korn
> Sun Accessibility team
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