Re: [g-a-devel] AccessibleText and caret

[Peter Korn <Peter Korn Sun COM>]

Hi Samuel,

> While reading an AccessibleText, the text that is displayed by
> default is always all the text _before_ the caret, so while typing
> stuff one is able to read what one has just typed (it shifts
> caracter-per-caracter). But when both writing and reading text it might
> be tedious...
>
> Brltty uses "windows": the display is not shifted, unless the caret
> moves out of the currently showed window, in which case the next
> or previous window is displayed (full window shift). Maybe it is a
> preferable behavior?
>
> Please people tell your opinion about it so that gnopernicus know what
> is preferrable ;)

It isn't clear to me exactly what you are asking...

There are multiple events being fired in these cases, and the screen reader 
can react differently depending upon which situation it is in.

When it sees a caret event and also a text-insert event, it should read the 
new character(s).  When it sees only a caret event, it should read the 
character to the right/left (depending upon whether we are in a right-to-left 
or left-to-right language).

Or are you speaking about something different?


Regards,

Peter Korn
Sun Accessibility team