Accessibility/MacOSX
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This is the UNO Accessibility API <-> MacOS X Accessibly project page.
Milestone Planning
| Task | Status | Milestone |
| Accessibility hierarchy including Name, Role and Description | done | M1 |
| Bounding rectangles and hit test | done | M1 |
| UI focus state and change notifications | done | M1 |
| Basic text support | in progress | M2 |
| Action mapping | done | M2 |
| Window attributes, orientations, boundrect and child notifications | 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 |
Change Log
2007/12/06 moved boundrect and child notifications to milestone 2 due to insufficient documentation
Links
Overview of the MacOS X Accessibility Infrastructure, in particular “The Mac OS X Accessibility Protocol”, “Testing for Accessibility”, “Roles and Associated Attributes”.
Open Issues
- UI elements that need special treatment: context/sub menus, combo boxes/lists, tab pages, message boxes, tooltips.
- Initial focus not always correct
- navigator window testing (drawer)
- 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
