[g-a-devel] AT-SPI table interface problems

[Peter Parente <pparent us ibm com>]

I'm experiencing some problems accessing
gtk tables via the AT-SPI table interface. In particular, the getSelectedRows
and getSelectedColumns calls are returning CORBA.UNKNOWN or causing hangs
or crashes on accessible objects exposing the table interface.

For example, using these methods on
the table of characters in the Gnome character map application has the
following results:

getSelectedRows returns CORBA.UNKNOWN
getSelectedColumns hangs indefinitely

Using these methods on the list of languages
in the same application (which is exposed under role 'table') gives the
following results:

getSelectedRows works properly
getSelectedColumns crashes the character
map application

In another example, using these methods
on the list of demos in the gtk-demo (which is exposed under role 'tree
table') has the following results:

getSelectedRows works properly
getSelectedColumns crashes gtk-demo
with a seg fault

I understand that tables that are actually
lists probably shouldn't support the getSelectedColumns call, but they
probably shouldn't be crashing applications. The failure of getSelectedRows
on the character map table seems wrong.

Can anyone comment on these problems?
I can file a bug report on bugzilla with my test code if need be.

Thanks,
Pete