Re: [orca-list] Orca does not read authorization dialog when link is accessed from incoming email

[José Vilmar Estácio de Souza <vilmar informal com br>]

Hi Joanie.

When I press alt + f6 the dialogue is announced by orca.

What puzzled me was the fact that the problem only seems to happen when 
I access the link from thunderbird.


On 10/30/19 10:19 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> If memory serves me, you reported a very similar issue several months 
> ago. In that particular case, what I observed was that the 
> authorization dialog wasn't focused. In other words, even without Orca 
> running, I could not type in the dialog until I did one of the following:
>
> 1. Alt+Tab out and back in to Firefox, OR
> 2. Alt+F6 to switch the currently active window in Firefox, OR
> 3. Click on the dialog
>
> Could you please tell me what happens if you use Alt+F6 instead of 
> Alt+Tab?
>
> If pressing Alt+F6 causes Orca to announce the dialog, that suggests 
> to me that you were not in the dialog before. And if that's the case, 
> that should be filed against Firefox. It's not an accessibility bug 
> per se: The dialog should be automatically active.
>
> --joanie
>
> On 10/30/19 8:58 AM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > The subject of the message may not be able to define exactly the 
> > problem, but I will try to explain
> >
> > Here at work we use trac, http://trac.edgewall.org/ to track tickets.
> >
> > Every time a ticket is opened or modified, those involved receive an 
> > email describing the changes and a link to the ticket.
> >
> > If I click on the link, an authorization dialog will appear asking 
> > for a login and password but orca does not read anything.
> >
> >      I need to switch windows and go back using alt + tab to get the 
> > dialog announced by orca. The odd thing is that if I copy the link 
> > and paste it into FF's address bar everything works normally.
> >
> > Another interesting point is that the problem only happens if FF is 
> > already open. If FF has not been opened yet and we click the link 
> > inside the email,
> >
> > FF is launched and  everything works normally.
> >
> > Since this is an internal application I cannot publicly provide a 
> > test link, but I can capture a debug by reproducing the issue or 
> > provide a PVT link.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> >
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