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

[chrys linux-a11y org]

Howdy,

Maybe you can report your observations to the Evolution  team. Hopefully it get fixed in futur verseins

Cheers Chrys 

Am Mittwoch 31. Mai 2017 schrieb Sukil Etxenike:
> Hi,
> I already turn structural navigation off (otherwhise I can't type
> anything), and Ctrl+Shift+E doesn't work in my case. I find it utterly
> strange that Evolution doesn't work well with Orca: after all, both are
> made by the same guys, aren't they?...
> Thanks for your workarounds. With these glitches and all, I'm liking
> Evolution so far.
> Cheers,
> Sukil
>
> El mié, 31-05-2017 a las 16:40 -0400, Dave Hunt escribió:
> > 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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> >
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