That was a known issue in Flex 2, it doesn't look like it's gotten any better in Flex 3!
Gk. Gregor Kiddie Senior Developer INPS Tel: 01382 564343 Registered address: The Bread Factory, 1a Broughton Street, London SW8 3QJ Registered Number: 1788577 Registered in the UK Visit our Internet Web site at www.inps.co.uk <blocked::http://www.inps.co.uk/> The information in this internet email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is not authorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of INPS or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact [email protected] ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of KOVÁCS István Sent: 23 April 2009 15:54 To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Popups and accessibility (JAWS) Dear All, I've been assigned the task of testing and fixing accessibility tasks in a Flex 3 application. One of the problems we're having is JAWS not reading popup windows. The Alert control works (when the alert pops up, title, message are read, focus is on the default button, and the default button's label is also read, all without any user intervention, e.g. moving focus with TAB). However, popup windows created in other ways (e.g. the sample at http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/containers/TitleWindow.html <http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/containers/TitleWindow.html> ) do not: the popup is shown, but JAWS does not read anything. Are we doing something wrong, is there some special setting that we need (or perhaps JAWS treats Alert in a special way)? We have a popup window component that handles user confirmations, having a configurable number of buttons, a title and a text message. I've tried setting focus (setFocus() and drawFocus(true)) on the window or the Label component used to display the message, and it's OK on the screen but JAWS does not read anything. Thanks in advance, István
