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

[Sukil Etxenike <sukiletxe gmail com>]

Hi,
Yes, I will do that.
Thanks,
Sukil

El mié, 31-05-2017 a las 22:15 +0000, chrys linux-a11y org escribió:
> 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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