Re: [orca-list] Why flat review was causing focus losses in GNOME 3.9.x

[Luke Yelavich <themuso ubuntu com>]

On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 08:48:04AM EST, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Absolutely. And to do it right what we need is new API which toolkits
> would implement to highlight the accessible component and to highlight
> the accessible text (or a portion thereof). Then Orca could call it,
> Accerciser could call it, low vision tools could call it, reading tools
> could call it, etc.
>
> Beyond that, toolkits are in a far better position than any other
> technology to properly highlight that toolkit's own widgets, so you get
> better highlighting quality. Lastly, this approach would be desktop
> environment independent.
>
> When this functionality is in place, Orca will use it.

This makes perfect sense. I hadn't thought through the details beyond the feature itself, but what you 
suggest is the right footing to start from.

Luke