Re: [orca-list] Orca thinks the focus is in the preview pain, when it's in the message list in Thunderbird 38.7.1

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

This kind of thing is why I always save last known working version of thunderbird and firefox, something goes 
wrong once in a while accessiblity wise, 
maybe this is orca, but usually it's the mozi program, and no matter which this helps.



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  Zahari Yurukov wrote:
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:37:48AM +0300

> Hi,
> After the recent update of  Thunderbird to version 38.7.1 under Fedora
> 23, when I navigate around the message list with up/down arrow, Orca
> thinks the focus is in the preview pain and starts reading it.
> When I press Shift+Tab, the focus lands on the folder list (as expected)
> and Tab brings it back to the message list - this for me proves that the
> focus has not really changed.
> This usually occurs after I read some message and return to the message
> list.
> Pressing Tab and Shift+Tab, F6 and Shift+F6 several times, Up/Down arrow
> etc., seems to bring it to its senses, but it's only temporary - and I
> use Thunderbird a lot - it's also my RSS client.
> You might not be able to experience it from the first time, but it's
> pritty consistent - move between folders, read some messages and you'll
> see it.
> Obviously it's something in Thunderbird that changed, but I'll be happy
> if it could be worked around in Orca.
>
> Thanks,
> Zahari




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