Re: [orca-list] How to enable caret browsing on ROLE_UNKNOWN

[Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com>]

In order for us to have access to the accessible text in an object, that
object must implement the accessible text interface. If it does not, we
cannot get the text. You can see if it implements it at all by looking
in Accerciser and/or trying to do a queryText() on the accessible.

Separate from that is enabling caret browsing. That is something that
needs to be implemented by the application; not by Orca. The traditional
command Gtk applications use to toggle caret browsing is F7.

There are some applications (e.g. Evince) with which Orca cannot work
until the application (i.e. Evince) developers implement caret browsing
and the accessible text interface.

--joanie

On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 16:29 +0530, leena chourey wrote:
> Hello Orca Developers,
>
> In my application, an element is with some name, but its pyatspi_ROLE
> is Unknown. Doubt is:  Is it possible to enable caret browsing on that
> element, so that it can read the text available in element. If yes
> then How, any guidelines.
> Or Is it possible to convert/transfer the content of unknown element
> to read only text area and then enable caret browsing on it.
> Or I have to add accessible features (define element in application)
> to my application then only it will possible.
>
> Thanks & regards
> -- 
> Leena C
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