Re: [orca-list] Orca doesn't like the edit fields of Evolution

[Dave Hunt <dahunt posteo de>]

Yes, it is unfortunate that Orca has trouble with some of these 
GNOME-native things, like Evolution.  There are two work-arounds I can 
suggest:


1)  Turn structural nav keys off, with 'orcakey+z' when in the edit 
fields.  Type text as you like, then turn the structure nav keys back on 
when done editing.


2)  use 'ctrl+shift+e', when in the edit fields, to bring up a temporary 
file in gedit, where you can type and edit your text. When done, save 
and close the file. the email body will contain the text from the temp 
file.



HTH,



Dave






On 05/31/2017 04:33 PM, Sukil Etxenike wrote:
> Hi,
> As Evolution is a Gnome product, I decided to give it a try and use
> something other than Thunderbird, as the latter doesn't support the
> Linux stock mail (/var/mail, anyone?). The thing is that I've found the
> following issues with its edit fields:
> 1. The To, CC, CCO and subject fields are spoken in their entirety,
> even when arrowing through them. That is to say, if I press the right
> arrow to move to the next character, I hear the entire field spoken.
> 2. The message edit field sometimes goes mute, and I have to restart
> Orca for it to read it again. Sometimes triggering a "select until end"
> command works, too. Also, backspacing is not echoed.
> I am using v 3.22.2 of both programs.
> Thanks,
> Sukil
>
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