Hi, Is there a way we can automate checks of translation of keyboard shortcuts?
This is an extremely tedious and error prone task with the current methodology. Translation tools state whether a keyboard shortcut is present in the translation or not. This is not enough because there can be many collisions between the accelerators. So we revert to manually trying to open every windows and screen, which we sometimes we cannot do (mostly because we do not know how). What I ideally hope for is a tool that can do the following: 1. Start the application in the new locale. 2. Have some way to open all dialogs and windows. 3. Check the accelerators. I fancy that [3] is doable with the accessibility framework - labels and messages in the interface should be enumerable and readable somehow, so shortcuts can be checked for collisions (and others). [2] is doable with the assistance of some testing framework (that I also believe exists, that can open windows, simulate mouse clicks and keyboard input. It will require some cooperation from the developers but they will have their own reasons to participate - such user interaction testcases are nice to have when developing, plus they could catch some bugs. Plus once several apps start having these, the benefits will prove to developers that it is worth having it. No need to make such testing harness compulsory. Kind regards: al_shopov _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
