Accessibility/MacOSX

This is the UNO Accessibility API <-> MacOS X Accessibly project page.

Milestone Planning

Task	Status	Milestone
Accessibility hierarchy including Name, Role and Description	in progress	M1
Bounding rectangles, hit test and notifications	in progress	M1
UI focus state and change notifications	in progress	M1
Basic text support	planned	M2
Action mapping	planned	M2
Window attributes and orientations	planned	M2
Text attribute support	planned	M3
Tables and outline view	planned	M3
Slider, ruler and sheets	planned	M4
Complete list of supported interfaces	planned	M4
Performance optimizations etc.	planned	M5

Milestone		Due
M1	Hierarchy and focus handling	End of Nov. 07
M2	Text and actions	Mid of Jan 08
M3	Text attributes, tables and outline view	End of Mar. 08
M4	Slider, ruler and sheets	End of Apr. 08
M5	Optimizations	End of May 08

Links

Overview of the MacOS X Accessibility Infrastructure, in particular “The Mac OS X Accessibility Protocol”, “Testing for Accessibility”, “Roles and Associated Attributes”.

Cocoa sheets

Cocoa drawer

Open Issues

• Toolbar buttons with menus should have menu button role
• (hidden) VCL menubar gets focus with F6
• Disabled menu items get focus via tab
• Parent/Child hierarchy broken at frame level
• VoiceOver speaks (lengthy) descriptions of ToolBox buttons