Re: [orca-list] a possible bug in the new list code

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi Kendell.

I can add this to my todo list. However, what Orca is doing is asking
for the number of children via AT-SPI2 and passing along what it's
told. Filtering all children just in case they are exposed to Orca but
not sighted users is less performant than the toolkit not exposing
them to Orca. This may be better fixed in Gtk+.

--joanie

On 05/28/2015 07:35 PM, kendell clark wrote:
> hi all I think I may have found a possible bug in the new list
> code. That is, the code that causes orca to announce "list with x
> items". Steps to reproduce. Open gnome's power settings and press
> tab until you land on the power savings area.  Orca will report
> "power saving list with 7 items 1 of 7. Screen brightness slider x
> percent. If you use the where am I key, you'll be told "1 of 7" if
> you press down arrow you'll land on "dim screen when inactive
> toggle button" Press the where am I key again. You'll hear 3 of 7.
> Using flat review, I see that an empty label is being counted as a
> list item. Press the down arrow again. You'll hear  "dim screen x
> minutes combo box" If you press the where am I key again, you'll
> hear 4 of 7, which is correct. Press down arrow one more time.
> You'll land on "bluetooth toggle button" Press the where am I key.
> 7 of 7. I can't find any labels this time, or separators. My only
> guess is that there are two items that are only displayed if you
> have a wireless card in your computer, I don't. They are, a label,
> "wireless devices require extra power", which would be 5 of 7, and
> "wifi toggle button", which controlls whether wifi is on or not.
> That would be 6 of 7. These items are hidden so orca can't see 
> them, but they're still counted in the list. I'm not sure if this
> is an orca problem or a gnome one, but would it be possible to
> refine the list code so that it only lists items if they are there?
> Cutting out blank labels and hidden controlls? I'm not sure if this
> is possible, orca could just be getting the number of items from
> gnome and going with it. Thanks Kendell clark