RE: Eclipse Accessibility
- From: "Macarty, Jay {PBSG}" <Jay.Macarty@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:46:21 -0600
Jared,
Yes, I am preparing my first beta for java access to window-Eyes. Since Eclipse
itself is based on SWT, I have found it fairly accessible with Window-Eyes with
one exception. I had some trouble in selecting text for cut/paste or delete in
the code editor pane. Not sure what that is about and it may be specific to my
laptop. I'd say give it a try. I've been doing all the java code for WE4Java
using Eclipse but alternate between using Window-Eyes and JAWS while in Eclipse
itself.
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Wright
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:07 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Eclipse Accessibility
Jay, I know you've been doing some Java related work with Window Eyes lately.
Can you comment at all on its experience with Eclipse? I'll probably give it a
whirl either way now, but I guess the impression I had gotten previously was
that Eclipse wasn't a very accessible IDE and I have done all my Java coding
with EdSharp. But I am interested if it is in fact a practical choice. Trying
to get a little better with IDEs, since they seem to have some nice advantages
if the accessibility wildcard can be straightened out.
JW
Macarty, Jay {PBSG} wrote:
> There are ports of SWT for multiple platforms but SWT is an add-on to the
> standard java runtime environment (JRE); so, you have to make sure you take
> that into consideration when developing your applications. Also, the basic
> framework for coding a program with an SWT interface is different than coding
> the same style interface using swing. So, the choice to use swing or SWT
> should be made at the beginning of a project as it is often a difficult
> process to switch once an interface has been coded a certain way. I am a
> technical lead for a largely java based development team and use Eclipse on a
> daily basis with JAWS. I didn't do anything in particular to adjust JAWS for
> working with eclipse. On the version I have, under help, there is an option
> called Key assist. Selecting this option shows you a list of all the
> available keystrokes. You can activate the desired action by picking from the
> list but you can also use this list to find out what the keystroke shortcuts
> are.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen S.
> Disbrow
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:32 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Eclipse Accessibility
>
> Hi,
> I think SWT talks without access bridge, where swing will require access
> bridge. SWT is not portable I don't think. swing would be cross platform.
>
> Steve D.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Elf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Eclipse Accessibility
>
>
>
>> hey boss man, take a trip to my grab bag site, I know its accessible,
>> I think the swing is the preferred accessible interface if I remember
>> right, and I do believe there is a package of hints linked to the
>> site as well, if not let me know and I'll scrape them together and
>> pass them along, smile.
>>
>> inthane
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 9:11 PM
>> Subject: Eclipse Accessibility
>>
>>
>>
>>> Good evening,
>>>
>>> I'd be interested to hear from any Java developers out there who use
>>> Eclipse on Windows.
>>>
>>> 1. Is Eclipse on its own reasonably accessible?
>>>
>>> 2. Are there configurations within Eclipse that improve accessibility?
>>>
>>> 3. Are there any JAWS scripts that improve accessibility?
>>>
>>> 4. Does Eclipse have a GUI designer and is this accessible?
>>>
>>> 5. For GUIs do you use swing or swt? Do you prefer one to the other?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Everett
>>>
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