Hi Jim C, I honestly don't know. All I know how to do in Java so far is very small, so I might need help even figuring out if I turned something on and it did what it was supposed to do. I was hoping you could, or someone could, help me figure out if those features would help JAWS announce it landed on a break point. Maybe you already know that from context and don't want to hear the announcement, though. Jim Jim Homme, Usability Services, Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility here. Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Corbett, James Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:53 PM To: 'program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [program-java] Re: Eclipse Breakpoint Detection Question Jim H.: Ok, F5 thru F7 moves you about in debug mode and depending on the key will place you on the next line of execution, and that's where you want to be. So what's on the Status Bar that would be of interest in this context? Jim James M. Corbett Programmer / Analyst | Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenue du Canada 875 Heron Rd. Ottawa, On. K1A0L5 James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Telephone | Téléphone: (613) 941-1338 Facsimile | Télécopieur: (613) 941-2261 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada E = MC² -----Original Message----- From: program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-java-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James Sent: February 16, 2011 14:42 To: program-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-java] Eclipse Breakpoint Detection Question Hi, I found this piece of text in the Eclipse Help for the Workbench. Would any of this help JAWS identify breakpoints when we land on them? I am cautiously optimistic. By the way, I am almost ready to put up the first beta of the Eclipse JAWS script set. Stay tuned for news of that coming soon, as long as I don't detect any more problems. I was ready to submit this afternoon and found a little glitch. See Eclipse help text below. Here's what I propose. When you press one of the keys that steps you to an annotation, JAWS automatically speaks the status line. I may be able to make it speak the status line for other reasons, too, or possibly the parts of interest. Any ideas appreciated. Jim ========== Help Text Below ========== Configuring accessibility options for textual editors Workbench User Guide > Concepts > Accessibility features in Eclipse Configuring accessibility options for textual editors Textual editors in Eclipse can be configured to better fit the needs of people using Accessible Technology such as screen readers and magnifiers. This document describes the relevant options. Accessing Annotations You can navigate to the next annotation by pressing Ctrl+. and to the previous one by pressing Ctrl+,. Out of the box not all available annotation types are included in that navigation, for example, breakpoints are not part of it. Breakpoints and other annotation types can either be enabled via the Next Annotation toolbar button drop-down menu or by checking Include in next/previous navigation on the General > Editors > Text Editors > Annotations preference page. Navigating to an annotation moves the text caret to the annotated line, and displays the annotation text in the status line. The next section explains how to read the status line under Windows. Some annotation types, for example warnings and errors, can be accessed by pressing F2 after having navigated to one of them or setting the caret inside the annotation. Windows only Reading the status line with JAWS JAWS desktop users press Insert+PageDown to read the Eclipse status line and JAWS laptop users press Caps Lock+PageDown. Accessing the Current Line Number You can get the current line number by pressing Ctrl+L or via Navigate > Go To Line.... Quick Diff Hover Like normal hovers can be shown by pressing F2, the quick diff and revision hovers that appear when hovering over the quick diff ruler on the left can also be shown by pressing a key sequence. However, out of the box no key sequence is defined for that. Go to the General > Keys preference page to assign a key sequence to the Show Quick Diff Ruler Tooltip command. Annotation Hover Like normal hovers can be shown by pressing F2, the annotation hover that appears when hovering over the vertical ruler on the left can also be shown by pressing a key sequence. However, out of the box no key sequence is defined for that. Go to the General > Keys preference page to assign a key sequence to the Show Ruler Annotation Tooltip command. Reading Words in the Java Editor In order to get correct results when letting the screen reader read words in the Java editor it is recommended to disable Smart caret positioning in Java names on the Java > Editor preference page. Reading Java Code in the Java Editor Some screen readers do not read punctuation by default, however it is useful to hear punctuation when reading code. When using a Java Editor with a screen reader, you can do the following: list of 5 items * JAWS: list of 6 items nesting level 1 JAWS reads most punctuation out of the box, however it does not say commas. To change this: * Utilities > Configuration Manager * Set Options > Customize Punctuation... * Select comma in the list, and change the setting from All to Most * OK * File > Save (to save the configuration) * File > Exit (to exit the JAWS Configuration Manager) list end nesting level 1 * NVDA: list of 2 items nesting level 1 * NVDA menu (Insert+n) > Preferences > Voice settings...: enable Speak all punctuation * NVDA menu (Insert+n) > Save configuration list end nesting level 1 * Orca: list of 2 items nesting level 1 * Preferences > Speech > Punctuation level: All * OK list end nesting level 1 * VoiceOver: list of 3 items nesting level 1 VoiceOver reads most punctuation out of the box, however it does not say commas. To change this: * VoiceOver Utility * Verbosity tab * Punctuation: All list end nesting level 1 * Window-Eyes: list of 3 items nesting level 1 * Global > Menu level: Advanced * Screen > Punctuation: enable Textual, Math, and Miscellaneous * File > Save list end nesting level 1 list end Related tasks Accessibility features in Eclipse Navigating the user interface by using the keyboard Related references Accessibility preference page Keys Font and color settings in Eclipse ________________________________ This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. 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