Re: [orca-list] making gnome applications work better with orca

[Peter Vágner <pvdeejay gmail com>]

Hello,
Are there some simple examples somewhere?
If possible I would like to learn more on this but as I understand it 
the most reliable method of working with this is by studying the source 
code.
The most known app where there are custom componentes where there are 
custom atk interfaces implemented is evince. However I am afraid this is 
too complex for a beginner.
I would like to start with some simple UI components such as buttons, 
checkboxes etc. and then if If I will really be able to understand this 
move on to more complicated components such as lists, tables and tab 
controls.

Greetings

Peter

On 02.05.2013 07:02, Jason White wrote:
> Don Raikes <don raikes oracle com> wrote:
> > I have run into an application which is "almost" accessible.  Many of the
> > controls are accessible, however, there are various scrollpanes which orca
> > cannot read at all.
> To solve this, you need to find out why it's happening. The first step is to
> collect Orca debug output, or run an AT-SPI monitoring tool, to ascertain what
> the application is disclosing to Orca. If the inaccessible components are
> custom user interface controls, they probably won't support the required ATK
> interfaces and you'll need to enter the source code of the application and
> make changes.
>
> Unfortunately there isn't a good guide to this.
>
> Essentially, if the application doesn't provide the information in the first
> place, Orca can't read it. The most common reason for this is that the
> developers of the application have written their own user interface
> components, in which case there will be one or more interfaces that have to be
> implemented.
>
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