Re: [orca-list] Live regions from inactive tabs now disabled in Orca master

[Rob Whyte <fudge thefudge net>]

Hi Joanie,

could you explain how live regions actually function?

cheers

Warm regards Rob Whyte JAWS certified 2018

On 9/10/19 2:33 am, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:

> I'm
>       waiting to gather feedback based on actual needs. I'll put you
>       down for wanting a toggle. :)
>       
>       
>       --joanie
>       
>       
>       On 10/8/19 11:06 AM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
>       
> > Hi Joanie,
> >         
> >         
> >         Are you planning to implement a command to change this option at
> >         runtime? It seems to me that it would be quite useful.
> >         
> >         
> >         Thanks.
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         On 10/8/19 9:47 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> >         
> > > Hey all.
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           Based on the discussion, here's what I've done:
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           1. Live regions from inactive tabs are now disabled in Orca
> > >           master.
> > >           
> > >           2. There is not (yet) a GUI option. As Nolan mentioned,
> > >           preference
> > >           
> > >              creep is not a good thing. I agree with him.
> > >           
> > >           3. One can override this change via orca-customizations.py by
> > >           doing
> > >           
> > >              the following:
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           import orca.settings
> > >           
> > >           orca.settings.presentLiveRegionFromInactiveTab = True
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           Give it a try and let's go from there.
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           --joanie
> > >           
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