Re: [orca-list] Compiz static switcher cuts off window title

[Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com>]

Hi Bill.

On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 06:50 -0400, Bill Cox wrote:
> I've been looking into how Orca interacts with the Compiz static
> switcher.  With the latest Orca/atk/at-spi, and latest compiz for
> Ubuntu Jaunty x64, things work pretty well.  However, when I alt-tab
> to switch to the previous window, Orca starts speeking the title, but
> gets cut off after around 1/2 second.  I used Accerciser to view
> events from gtk-window-decorator, and they look about right, giving an
> insert-text event.  I do not see any event from gtk-window-switcher
> that can explain why the window title reading is cut short.

I believe it's a window-deactivate event. From comment 1 of our tracking
bug for Compiz problems which are getting in the way of our providing
compelling access: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=582916

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* http://bugs.opencompositing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1027
  [a11y] odd window reactivate/deactivate events with switcher

The impact of this bug is two-fold:

1. When using Compiz and Alt+Tabbing, the speaking of the initial item
sometimes gets cut off (due to an unexpected window:deactivate event).

2. When Tab is released and focus given to a window, we might get a little
chatty, speaking the window that had focus prior to switching (due to an
unexpected window:activate event that it shouldn't be issuing since it's
becoming non-active).
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HTH. Take care.
--joanie