Re: [orca-list] Orca and Pidgin

[Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com>]

Sorry for the quick follow-up like this. This is rather interesting. If 
I press the SPACEBAR to expand the Status Selector and then choose a 
status with the ENTER key, then Orca will read the statuses when the 
selector is expanded again.

On 01/06/2012 12:45 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey Robert.
>
> > but if I would for example
> > change my status from Available to Busy or Away, pressing the '5' key on
> > the numpad announces the first status option (Available as opposed to
> > announcing the currently highlighted status.
> If by highlighted you literally mean highlighted, I'm guessing that you
> have the combo box expanded (i.e. so that all the options are shown on
> screen at once). In which case the accessible item is a menu and Orca
> (by original design) does not allow one to flat-review menus. See the
> following bug (which is one option -- but not the only one) I will be
> implementing to help alleviate the greyed-out menu item problem:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667087
>
> In the meantime, if you change the selection by not expanding the combo
> box first, but just Up/Down Arrowing, does Orca read the combo box as
> its value changes?
>
> Take care.
> --joanie