Yeah, it would be nice if you didn't have to jump through so many
hoops to offer feedback. They really should offer a mechanism for just
that. If there is one, I haven't found it yet.
On Oct 7, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
Yes, it's part of the free Apple xcode developer tools. Normally it
is installed in Developer/Applications/Utilities/Accessibility Tools/
Accessibility Verifier.app. I'd be happy to share with the Open
Office folks but I haven't had time to go through the registration
process to get permission to send them bugs. Mostly I need to take
the time to wade through the introduction which lays out what you
are signing up for when you get an account. I'm not really
interested in developing Open Office but I would like to point out
this flaw.
CB
Scott Howell wrote:
Chris, is that tool a part of the developer suite? Also, you might
want to send those results to the Open Office folks, they probably
would find it interesting.
On Oct 7, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
On taking a closer look with the Apple Accessibility Verifier
(part of their free developer tools) I opened Open Office Writer
with a blank document and inserted a single empty 4x8 table. In
this state the verifier found 73 warnings and 59 errors. Included
in this list were several attributes which were missing related to
the Table. These include
AXRows
AXSelectedColumns
AXHeader
AXColumns
AXVisibleRows
AXSelectedRows
AXVisibleColumns
So if these are missing and should be there then it's no wonder VO
can't work with the table.
CB
Chris Blouch wrote:
One area I was having trouble with hasn't improved. If I hit
Apple-F12 to insert a new table into a Writer document, I can
navigate around the document and then enter an object announced
as "Table 1 on Page 1 Table". But if I VO shift down to interact
with the table nothing happens. I can tab from cell to cell and
edit the content of the cells but I have no way of knowing what
cell, column or row I'm in other than by the context of the cells
I've already put stuff into. VO-C just beeps instead of reading
the column. VO-shift-T just beeps instead of giving the column
and row number. VO-shift-H just beeps instead of reading the
column header. VO-R just beeps instead of reading the row.
I was hoping I could interact with the table to navigate around
and then interact with a cell to make changes. Right now tables
are pretty much unusable with VO. Anyone else figured out how to
work with tables in Open Office Writer documents?
CB
Fonzie wrote:
Hey everyone, for those who are interested.
Open Office RC 4 is out today.
I haven't downloaded it to check out the accessibility yet, but
just thought I would let those know who were keeping track of it.
Take care,
Best
Fonzie
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