Re: [orca-list] Status bar presentation updated and includes braille support

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

Hi Joanie.


I tested the changes using VSCode and they were excellent. After the 
changes I noticed a small delay when I use the command to speak the 
status bar.

Thanks.


On 5/8/20 8:44 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> I made a number of changes today in Orca master regarding presentation 
> of the status bar. It was prompted by some VSCode support wanted in 
> Orca, but led to some bigger changes. Most notably:
>
> * If you are a braille user, when you give the command to speak the
>   status bar, braille will also be generated so you can examine the
>   bar that way without having to flat review the last line.
>
> * Roles are now presented (e.g. so you know if something is a button
>   or link in the status bar).
>
> * Labels in braille now have the end-of-line marker, if you have this
>   setting enabled. Feedback on this would be helpful. The rationale
>   was the label soup I saw in braille for LibreOffice Writer. Speech
>   separates these things out with pauses so you don't hear label
>   soup.
>
> I also found an inconsistency in what was spoken for a link (name is 
> preferred) versus braille (actual text, complete with non-printable 
> characters, was preferred). Now braille also prefers name. Let me know 
> if that change has any unanticipated side effects.
>
> Thanks!
> --joanie
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