Re: [orca-list] cannot type emails using evolution and orca master latest

[Amir <trend669953 gmail com>]

Hi,

right, thanks for the quick look.



On 02/14/2017 02:41 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> So I took a look. And it appears that there are one or more bugs in
> Evolution (or WebKitGtk) responsible for the problem. I will have to dig
> into those more in order to file them or fix them (i.e. in WebKitGtk;
> not Orca). For instance, one of the things Orca uses to determine
> whether or not structural navigation keys should be used is if the
> focused object claims to be editable. If editable objects do not tell
> Orca they are editable, there's not a lot Orca can do about that. And
> this issue appears to be one of the problems.
>
> As an aside, the reason Orca+A doesn't work is that WebKitGtk-based
> applications are not using the new(ish) Web script. When I first
> attempted that conversion, I discovered a number of bugs in WebKitGtk
> that made doing so a really bad idea. I try to fix those within
> WebKitGtk as time permits and need to do another assessment. In the
> meantime, there is no browse mode for WebKitGtk apps because browse mode
> assumes Orca has what it needs to do the caret navigation; it doesn't
> (last time I checked). You can force toggle structural navigation keys
> by using Orca+Z. That is what you will need to do at the moment to work
> around whatever these Evolution or WebKitGtk bugs are.
>
> Thanks for the report!
> --joanie
>
> On 02/14/2017 01:19 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Confirmed. I'll take a look. Thanks!
> > --joanie
> >
> > On 02/13/2017 11:24 PM, Amir wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > i am not sure whether this has been discussed before.
> > > str:
> > > 1. open evolution mail.
> > > 2. press ctrn to write a new mail.
> > > 3. tab to the message body, orca does not speak it but i think after the
> > > subject, it should be the message body edit box.
> > > result: when you type, orca thinks it is in browse mode, so it will give
> > > error, no headings etc.
> > > orca+a to switch to focus mode does nothing.
> > > sorry and thanks
> > >
> > >
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