Re: [orca-list] Orca doesn't seem to be able to read the thunderbird message composing area when tabbing from subject

[Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com>]

This is an open bug in Mozilla which will hopefully get addressed before
too long. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503428

Take care.
--joanie

On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 21:41 +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
> Hello,
> I've noticed this for some time, when I first tab from the subject field 
> to the message area in thunderbird when composing a message orca doesn't 
> read the content of the message area until I make the new message window 
> loose focus and give it focus again. Also should I move back to the 
> subject and tab back to the message area while composing the same 
> problem shows itself.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. In thunderbird go to file menu, new menu and select message.
> 2. Fill in to and subject as you wish, and then press tab after filling 
> in subject.
> 3. Start to type and cursor through what you type.
> Expected: Orca will echo what you type as set by the echo settings (in 
> my case words) and speak what you cursor to.
> Actual: Orca is silent and nothing appears in Braille.
>
> This always seems to happen.
>
> Work around: Press ctrl+alt+d to go to the desktop and press it again 
> (or use alt+tab) to give the new message window focus again, orca works 
> as expected while you stay in the message area.
>
> Has anyone else notice this? If there is no existing bug report for this 
> I will report it, I just wanted to check that it wasn't something odd to 
> my system.
>
> Michael Whapples
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