[jawsscripts] Re: Tracking a focus rectangle
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:38:49 -0700
Jim, gosh I hate to sound stupid in front of u--but I had a situation
similar to this when writing scripts for Band-in-a-box & found that
assigning a custom highlight color actually worked. In order to make
that happen, I had to have folks change their chord sheet font style
to bold, & then, for whatever reason, Jaws was able to recognize the
highlighting w/the help of the custom highlight assign. But I'm
guessing you've done that, huh?
I had a computer forensics app that had check boxes similar to that. I
had to do a findColors() &, in that case, ensure it fell within a
certain pixel range. PITA.
So:
a) I'll look stupid; or
b) I'll deprive u of your kicks; or
c) I'll be the heroine of the day.
33.3% chance of any of the above occurring, I guess. Hmm, I guess
perhaps b & c could occur together.
Have a good weekend. I'm off to la-la land. It'll be an early morning tomorrow.
On 7/13/12, Jim Snowbarger <Snowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The situation is sort of like a spreadsheet, but not in Excell, in a
> software design tool. It's the entities on a diagram. As you operate the
> arrows, you move focus to one entity or another, along prescribed paths.
> And, the way the program indicates focus is by moving a box around that
> encloses an entity. The box is, of course, indicated by alternating
> bands of color.
> Jaws doesn't track that focus change, even though Track Focus Rectangle is
> turned on. And, the focus object isn't moving around. And, I can't think
> of any place where you can specify the definition of a focus rectangle.
> So, I guess I'll have to search for it myself.
> Anyway, for some reason I don't seem to have any code around where I did
> this, even though I've certainly seen it before. So, I'm about to rewrite
> some clever code to search for that box, and know I'll have a great time
> doing it, even though if I were more orderly, I wouldn't have to. But, it
> will be a nice little short brain teaser, though when I get it done, it's
> going to be a dog of a performer. An old dog. So, is there a better way to
> approach this? You guys know any tricks I might try? Or, something obvious
> I've overlooked?
> Think twice, if it's really simple. Are you sure you wanna tell me? You
> know you might be depriving a compulsive programmer of his kicks. <grin>
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