Re: [orca-list] Description of empty checkbutton / radiobutton / entry

[Samuel Thibault <sthibault hypra fr>]

Hello,

Joanmarie Diggs, on lun. 12 mars 2018 10:09:53 -0400, wrote:
> For me, Orca does present the tooltip text as the accessible description
> when each widget gets focus. But it says the description after the
> widget rather than before. Is Orca not presenting the tooltip content at
> all for you?

Oh indeed, sorry, I was just not patient enough. But in the context
where I was getting the issue (libreoffice) it isn't. But now that I
check again with the tooltip enabled, of course now the description doesn't
contain the tooltip_help <grin/> so of course Orca can't invent it,
sorry for the noise.

> That said, the accessible name/label is meant to be the short text we
> present to the user and the description is expected to contain more
> detailed information that is optional. So if you're truly asking what
> LibreOffice should do, it's properly label/name widgets. :) Orca falling
> back on the description as the label is a workaround for applications
> with less-than-ideal accessibility.

Ok, so in that case (libreoffice really doesn't want to set a visible
label), we should use an AtkObject.

Samuel