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

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Could you please file a bug against Firefox so that Mozilla can fix it?
Thanks!

On 2019-10-30 10:59, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> 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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