[orca-list] Another orca and SWT bug

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
I have noticed something else where orca doesn't behave well with SWT 
(it actually impacts on using eclipse but the SWT snippet is a smaller 
application to deal with). In short, if you switch to an SWT application 
and the focused control in that SWT application is StyledText then orca 
doesn't seem to be aware of that control (it leaves the application name 
showing in Braille). Now if in this situation you give another control 
focus and move back to the StyledText orca works fine. Also If you start 
an application which puts you in StyledText then orca works fine at that 
point.

How to reproduce:
1. Download, compile and run the eclipse SWT snippet212 (embedding 
images in StyledText).
2. Take focus away from the snippet application (eg. ctrl+alt+d for the 
desktop).
3. Use alt+tab to switch back to the snippet application.

Expected: Orca will read the line of the StyledText control where the 
caret is positioned.
Actual: Orca just shows the application title.

Software versions: SWT 3.5.2 and a recent orca GIT build.

Extra things to try and note:
* When the snippet application first loads orca does read the StyledText 
control fine.
* When you have switched to the desktop and back and orca only reads the 
application title, try using ctrl+tab to move focus to the button and 
press tab again to move back to the StyledText control, orca will now 
read the StyledText control.
* If you give the focus to the button before moving to the desktop and 
back to the application you will find the button is read fine when the 
application regains focus.

I did mention this impacts on eclipse, if you are in the source code 
editor and then minimise eclipse and go back to eclipse you will notice 
the same bug (I think, it behaves exactly the same).

Is this an orca bug or an SWT/eclipse bug? Where should I file it?

Michael Whapples