[nvda] Re: Gecko X(HTML) role strings

Michael Curran wrote:
> I am currently moving around a bit of code between the internet explorer 
> virtualBuffers and the base virtualBuffer support so that gecko support will 
> be easier to write.
> 
> I have also been waiting on some help from Arron from IBM who designed the 
> Mozilla windows accessibility, but he has been unable to help me  with 
> getting access to his dom, however he has given me a temporary solution so I 
> will be writing that in these next few days hopefully.

Ah, cool.

> From what I can see, Gecko only sets role strings for its more common block 
> elements (headings, tables, lists, links etc) but not inline phraise 
> elements like b, center, em, font, i, q, span, strong, sub, sup.

According to http://www.mozilla.org/access/windows/at-apis#knowndif ,
Gecko sets role strings for ABBR, ACRONYM, and Q among the HTML inline
phrase elements. What are you basing what you're saying on?

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis

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