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	done	M1
Bounding rectangles and hit test	done	M1
UI focus state and change notifications	done	M1
Basic text support	done	M2
Action mapping	done	M2
Window attributes, orientations and boundrect notifications	in progress	M2
Text attribute support	in progress	M2
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, text attributes and actions	Mid of Feb. 08
M3	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 2008/02/04 VoiceOver needs text attributes for speaking documents, so moved to milestone 2. Child notifications seem not to be expected at all.

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

• 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
• Disabled menu items get focus via tab
• Parent/Child hierarchy broken at frame level
• VoiceOver speaks (lengthy) descriptions of ToolBox buttons