Re: [g-a-devel] Trying to understand STATE_SENSITIVE

[Aaron Leventhal <aaronlev moonset net>]

> If sensitive is True the widget will be sensitive and the user can interact with it. An insensitive
> widget appears "grayed out" and the user can't interact with it.
> /*Insensitive widgets are known as "inactive", "disabled", or "ghosted" in some other toolkits.*/
There you have it. Sensitive means not disabled. XForms calls that "relevant". MSAA/IA2 uses the opposite and calls it STATE_SYSTEM_UNAVAILABLE. In any case, SENSITIVE is the exact opposite of MSAA/IA2 STATE_UNAVAILABLE (aka disabled).

> IMO, the main cause for confusion is that the use of the word
> 'enabled' in the AT-SPI and how its meaning there differs from how
> enabled might be used in other toolkits.
>   
Okay, but how is it being used in the API?  What does ENABLED add to 
SENSITIVE?

- Aaron