Re: [orca-list] State of accessibility in GNOME/Others, from an absentee

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi,

I find myself in agreement with you, Kyle. The only bug I see here is
that the standard arrow keys don't work when numlock is turned on.
That said, if someone needs to use their numeric keypad for any length
of time such as entering a series of phone numbers or working on a
series of math calculations the easiest solution is to set Orca to
laptop mode therefore someone can have their cake and eat it too. I
have a laptop and use Orca in laptop mode anyway, and I actually
prefer it over the desktop mode.



On 7/1/13, Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com> wrote:
> You may report the bug using
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
> However, the only issue that can be considered a bug or unexpected
> behavior is the inability to use the arrow keys on the PC keyboard while
> browsing. It is expected that you would not be able to use the "insert"
> key on the keypad to perform Orca functions while the numeric lock is
> on, because you are attempting to type numbers, and the "insert" key on
> the keypad is also the "0" key when the numeric lock is on, creating a
> key conflict best resolved by allowing you to type "0" as expected. For
> now, the best way to fix this if you use the numeric lock frequently may
> be to rebind the Orca modifier key. It is thought that the numeric lock
> is only used to enter rather long strings of numbers or within an
> editable text field that requires a lot of numeric input, which is why
> there are so many functions mapped to numeric keypad keys. I note here
> that you will also have no flat review functionality or mouse click
> emulation while the numeric lock is on, which is also expected behavior.
> One possible solution for all this comes to mind. I defer to the devs on
> this one, as I probably won't use it much, and am not sure how
> non-trivial it may be to implement, but you could request a feature
> whereby the keyboard layout could automatically switch to laptop mode
> while the numeric lock is toggled on, thereby giving you all the usual
> Orca functionality mapped to the same keys that are used in laptop mode
> until the numeric lock is no longer being used, at which time the keymap
> would automatically change back to the desktop layout. Hope this helps.
> ~Kyle
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