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

[Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>]

Also for 1 and 2 I would Orca always say thich cells are selected.

Milton


Op 11-07-18 om 20:36 schreef Joanmarie Diggs:
> Thanks Peter for writing this up!
>
> Point of clarification on a couple of things:
>
> 1. What should Orca say if a bunch of cells are selected, and only one
>     more becomes selected?
> 2. What should Orca say if a bunch of cells are selected, and only one
>     cell less becomes selected?
>
> --joanie
>
> On 07/11/2018 12:31 PM, Peter Vágner via orca-list wrote:
> > 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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