Re: [orca-list] What should Orca say when multiple icons become selected at once?

[Alfonzo Cuellar <sunrisingsoul gmail com>]

Hello there,

Some thoughts on this request;

Note: Using Orca 3.18.2

Currently, when I tested this, the "where am I" function doesn't seem to 
accurately report what element is in focus. Likely different in Master.

So, just a small list to illustrate;

Doc 1
Doc 2
Doc 3
Doc 4
Doc 5

If I start at Doc 3, and press say, Page down to select the rest of the 
documents,"Where am I" outputs something like "Layered Pane, Doc 3, 2 of 
5 items selected 2 of 5 selected on 3 of 5."

I think Where am I should output the suggested listing for #2, and the 
read out by Orca should likely announce the items being selected if 
using the shift plus arrows, but if using the page up or down in 
combination with the shift key, Orca should likely announce how many 
items are selected, with the current item being in focus. If that 
outputs too much information, in case folders should be to large of 
information, maybe have a toggle to allow users to decide what a read 
out should be?

Just my thoughts,

Alfonzo Cuellar

> On 02/27/2016 10:38 PM, Nolan Darilek wrote:
> > Hmm, maybe #2 so you can distinguish it from #1, and know that more 
> > info is available should you need it?
> >
> >
> > On 02/27/2016 09:21 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > Hey all.
> > >
> > > Given icon panel with icons arranged in a grid (i.e. and not a 
> > > list). If
> > > you use shift + down causing, say, 6 icons to be selected, what should
> > > Orca say?
> > >
> > > 1. Just the focused item so you know where you are?
> > > 2. The count of items newly selected, along with the focused item?
> > > 3. The name of each newly-selected item, ending with the focused item?
> > > 4. Something else?
> > >
> > > Right now Orca is (at least for me), doing the first thing. This is on
> > > purpose because if there are a bunch of items, that will be a lot of
> > > spoken stuff. And where am I will tell you what is selected, so you can
> > > always ask Orca for this information.
> > >
> > > That said, I was working on a fix for Caja and figured I'd ask you 
> > > about
> > > your thoughts on the matter.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > --joanie
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