On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:18:08 GMT, Alexander Zuev <[email protected]> wrote:
> The issue with the announcement of the custom spin boxes is that the text
> field inside when the value is being changed by the spinbox data model
> generates some events that are being interpreted by the accessibility
> subsystem as if text is being actively edited and the system tries to
> announce it accordingly. In order to stop it from happening we are going to
> generate correct events and temporarily suppress the text field's methods
> that reporting the editing-related changes until the actual editing is
> happened.
>
> Make embedded text field not to generate random edit-related events;
> Add manual test case;
I also checked this patch in IntelliJ and it fixed this issue with our spinners
as well.
src/java.desktop/macosx/native/libawt_lwawt/awt/a11y/SpinboxAccessibility.m
line 89:
> 87: if ([child
> conformsToProtocol:@protocol(NSAccessibilityNavigableStaticText)]) {
> 88: NSAccessibilityPostNotification(child,
> NSAccessibilityLayoutChangedNotification);
> 89: NSAccessibilityPostNotification(child,
> NSAccessibilityAnnouncementRequestedNotification);
I assume this line is not necessary,
`NSAccessibilityAnnouncementRequestedNotification` is used to make VoiceOver
announce an arbitrary string, which would be passed in `userInfo` argument for
`NSAccessibilityPostNotificationWithUserInfo`.
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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29235#pullrequestreview-3687337651
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29235#discussion_r2712651332
