Re: [orca-list] Folder list in thunderbird is not updated

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
Just done another test: Did the collapsing of an item in the tree view 
and then expanding it again. The issue was observed, even after 
minimising thunderbird and alt+tabbing back to it. Then I got orca to 
reload (orca --replace) and the tree view was reported correctly.

Could there be anything in at-spi2 causing this? I seem to remember that 
caching was mentioned to try and improve performance of at-spi2 on dbus. 
Could restarting orca affect a cache in at-spi2 if one exists?

Michael Whapples
On 05/03/11 14:59, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hi Michael.
>
> Quick response without having had the opportunity to look into it.
>
> Orca doesn't cache information between events; just for the current
> event. In other words, if we get say a focus: event, we'll get the
> details for speech, and cache those details for braille. But the very
> next event that comes in, regardless of its type, will cause us to dump
> that cache. So, for all intents and purposes, Orca doesn't cache
> information. Therefore, if Orca is reporting outdated information, my
> guess would be that Thunderbird is providing us with outdated
> information.
>
> Creating a simple pyatspi listener in python would be a way to test what
> Orca has access to.
>
> Hope this helps.
> --joanie
>
> On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 11:39 +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am using thunderbird 3.3a3 and I have noticed that the tree view
> > showing folders can become outdated with orca. Here are some examples:
> > 1. The number of new messages next to a folder is not updated, orca was
> > still reporting one new message in my inbox when I had removed all
> > messages (IE. the inbox entry read "inbox (1)").
> > 2. I have multiple email accounts on my computer, should I go to the
> > first one and collapse it and then expand it again, the first folder is
> > still reported as the second email account name.
> >
> > Does anyone have a clue what might be causing the bug? I am using orca
> > 3.0.1, at-spi2 (dbus) and as I said thunderbird 3.3a3.
> >
> > Michael Whapples
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