Re: [orca-list] RFC: reporting spread sheet selection changes

[Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>]

Hi all,

I daily use Calc and I am very happy Orca speaking selected cells.
I agree with Peter in the cases he described.
Milton

Op 11-07-18 om 18:31 schreef Peter Vágner via orca-list:
> Hello,
>
> Regarding spread sheet selection changes here is something to discuss.
> When selecting a range of cells in Libreoffice calc orca now presents 
> what has changed in regard to the selection.
> I am coming from NVDA on Windows and I'm used to only hear what is 
> selected and not how I might have achieved current selection state.
> So for example take these steps:
> * move to cell D2 and press shift+ctrl+home. A1 through D2 becomes 
> selected and orca reports to the fact.
> * Now press shift+down arrow. A1 through D1 becomes unselected and 
> orca reports to the fact. Selection of A2 through D2 stays unchanged 
> so orca does not present this range at all.
> * I'd like to hear your thoughts what you like orca to report in such 
> a case. I'd like to hear A2 through D2 selected instead of A1 through 
> D1 unselected when manipulating selected range of cells like this.
> * The same goes for selection expansion if A1 through D2 are all 
> selected I press down arrow I'd prefer to hear A1 through D3 selected 
> instead of A3 through D3 selected.
>
> I understand currently it's implemented like this because it's in sync 
> with text selection and document content selection in general.
> I know reporting start and end of the selection range all the time may 
> seem like it would introduce extra verbosity but the fact other screen 
> readers on different platforms are working like this is more important 
> to me than staying in sync with text selection reporting.
>
> I'd be happy to hear from hardcore linux users that are using linux as 
> their only platform of choice when it comes to accessible computing. I 
> would like to make sure these users have no expectations because of a 
> different platform they might have used previously.
>
> Greetings
>
> Peter
>
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