David,
The short answer is yes, you would have to create a whole new gear box.
There's always a virtual cursor on a braille display. But there is only
a cursor in edit controls on the screen. There is no cursor in menus,
buttons, check boxes, etc. For example, when you activate a menu bar and
are on the File pull down item, there is no cursor and no single
character which has focus. The word File has focus. When you're on an OK
button no character has focus and again there is no system cursor. That
control has focus.
You might want to take a look at the Text object for a start.
Hth,
Tom
On 3/19/2016 10:35 AM, David via Scripting wrote:
I have a tiny project on the slate here, and have attempted to find my
way in the Reference Manual, but seemingly without much luck.
What I need to do, is to "catch" the character on the screen, that in
any given case, is focused by the System Cursor. OK, I see ways to read
for instance the caracter focused by the Braille cursor, but what if a
user does not have a Braille display. And, what if the system cursor is
at the bottom of the screen, and you Braille your way at top of the
document.
So, listers and driven developers, is there a way to retrieve the
character under the System cursor, even if it is at a Menu Item, a
text-based Control (like a button or link), or if it is in the middle of
your text document. Can this be done with a few simple lines of coding,
or will I need to invent a whole new gear box? Even, is it me who am
overlooking something in the manual? Was just searching for cursor, but
did not find what I had hoped to find.
Thanks for your input.ya
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