Re: [orca-list] alt-tab popups are not spoken as they pop up

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Tracking this with http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427880. 
There's a patch on it now if you'd like to give it a try.

Thanks!

Will

Willie Walker wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I believe the behavior Lorenzo is describing here is a regression.  The 
> Orca script for metacity (the window manager) is depending upon 
> receiving "text inserted" events for the metacity status bar when the 
> user presses Alt+Tab.  It appears as though the first time you press 
> Alt+Tab, these events are not delivered.  But, when you continue to hold 
> Alt and then release/press Tab, the events are delivered.  The resulting 
> behavior is that Orca will not present the first window you might end up 
> on as the result of an Alt+Tab.
>
> Will
>
> Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
> > If I press alt-tab and hold down the alt key I can't hear the
> > application I will be switching to. If I keep the alt key pressed and
> > hit the tab key subsequent times, I hear the applications cycling. But
> > the first time the application isn't spoken. The same happens when
> > switching workspaces. Only the second and subsequent workspaces are
> > spoken and the first is silent. This seems to be new in 2.18. Is this a
> > bug or is it somehow intentional? Is there a way to revert back to the
> > original behaviour if desired?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Lorenzo
> >
> >
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