[brailleblaster] Re: Best GUI controls for screen readers
- From: "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:37:50 -0400
François,
The combobox is fine with me with one exception. When the dialog first comes up
the most recently opened file should already be in the combobox. There also
needs to be a cancel button and escape needs to close the dialog without making
a selection. If you changed the control type I would want the control to have
letter navigation, hopefully more than just first letter. What I mean is that
if you typed "ba" quickly the list would select the first file beginning with
"ba." I think a listview will do this but I don't think a listbox will. If
necessary, just first letter navigation like in a listbox would be acceptable.
I don't know how John feels about it. These are just my thoughts.
Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
Vic
E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of François Ouellette
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:12 AM
To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Best GUI controls for screen readers
Even I too find the current Recent Documents popup impractical! I can
imagine how cumbersome it might be with a screen reader. We should
indeed see the top of the list without having to click on anything. I
can fix that.
F.
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:34 AM, John J. Boyer
<john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just want the Recent Documents dialogue to be accessible. The combo
> box seems the natural thing to use, but there are other choices in SWT,
> such as a list box. It should just show the last 50 documents opened,
> and when one is seleteded open it again.
>
> John
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 06:31:59AM -0400, Fran?ois Ouellette wrote:
>> The Recent Files dialog is actually a brailleblaster-made dialog ! We
>> can change it or improve it if required. How would you like to see it
>> working?
>>
>> Fran�ois.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:17 AM, John J. Boyer <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Those are my thoughts also. I was waiting to see what others would say.
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 04:12:36PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
>> >> Francois,
>> >>
>> >> If you are referring to radio buttons then screen readers identify them
>> >> just
>> >> fine. In fact, if you use any of the standard Windows controls screen
>> >> readers should work well with them. I thought that was what SWT was made
>> >> up
>> >> of. Except for the strange combobox in the Recent Files dialog, I haven't
>> >> seen any controls in the BB GUI that don't work well with screen readers.
>> >> With that combobox, I think it is the way it is set up not the actual
>> >> combobox. This is just my opinion. The best way to find out how your code
>> >> works with screen readers is to let us try it before you get everything
>> >> coded so that it doesn't work! (BIG SMILE)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
>> >>
>> >> Vic
>> >> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fran�ois
>> >> Ouellette
>> >> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:09 PM
>> >> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Subject: [brailleblaster] Best GUI controls for screen readers
>> >>
>> >> A candide question: can screen readers identify controls such as radio
>> >> fields and whether they are selected or not? What are the best
>> >> controls to use for those who cannot see the screen? I thought that
>> >> buttons with text labels would be the simplest and most effective.
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> Fran�ois.
>> >>
>> >
>> > --
>> > John J. Boyer, Executive Director
>> > GodTouches Digital Ministry, Inc.
>> > http://www.godtouches.org
>> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>> > Peace, Love, Service
>> >
>> >
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
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