Re: [orca-list] Interesting issue panning braille display in Gnome-Terminal

[Linux A11y <chrys linux-a11y org>]

Howdy,

I can confirm this. But its a while since my girlfriend used braille here. 

Cheers chrys



> Am 26.04.2020 um 02:16 schrieb Jason White via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>:
>
> Summary: pressing the right panning button on a braille display to advance the window fails in 
> GNOME-terminal if the length of the text line exceeds that of the braille display (i.e., it won't pan right 
> to show the remainder of the line, but it will move to the next line if the current line is short enough).
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. With a 40-cell braille display, under GNOME-Terminal, start a Python interpreter.
>
> 2. Run the following:
>
> print("-"*40)
>
> 3. Move the braille display to the output line, and press the right panning button. The display moves to 
> the following line correctly (i.e., the Python prompt).
>
> 4. Repeat the above with a string length longer than the width of the braille display (e.g., 60). Pressing 
> the right panning button has no effect.
>
> I have Orca configured not to split words between braille lines, and with contracted braille enabled. This 
> also occurs if there are spaces on the line (i.e., a line of regular text - such as a manual page).
>
> Debugging output can be supplied, as requested.
>
>
>
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