Windows Magnifier does not work with my Swing applications

[David Alayachew]

Poke.

Any new info?

On Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 8:05 AM David Alayachew <davidalayachew at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Phil,
>
> Did you get any more info about this issue?
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 11:58 AM David Alayachew <davidalayachew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Phil.
>>
>> Yeah, I am A-OK as long as this something that is looked into and the JBS
>> Bug Report is updated with the findings. If this isn't too bad, this would
>> be a solid inclusion. But if it's not worth the effort, I just want the JBS
>> to be updated, and then I can put that as an answer for my StackOverflow
>> post.
>>
>> Thanks again for taking a look into this.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 11:56 AM Philip Race <philip.race at oracle.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps .. if it is an easy fix but I do not know the specifics and the
>>> evaluator of that bug wrote
>>> "the magnifier cannot receive PropertyChangeEvents from Swing. This is
>>> a limitation in the Window magnifier.
>>> The Windows magnifier could be modified by Microsoft to receive such
>>> events but the work would need to be done by Microsoft."
>>>
>>> then went on to add that other magnifiers do work ..
>>>
>>> I also don't know how tied in this would be to implementing support for
>>> the Windows Accessibility API.
>>>
>>> Swing apps today use something called JavaAccessBridge and there are
>>> screen readers out there that support it.
>>>
>>> It would be good to have another look at this specific issue, but I
>>> can't make any promises.
>>>
>>> -phil.
>>>
>>> On 12/15/24 1:04 PM, David Alayachew wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Client Libs Dev Team,
>>>
>>> My eyesite has started to deteriorate significantly, so I have been
>>> using the built-in Accessibility tool called Windows (Screen) Magnifier
>>> (available since Windows XP at least). It zooms in and out of the screen by
>>> pressing the Windows Key and (+) or (-).
>>>
>>> This works great because, as I type stuff, the magnifier will follow my
>>> text, so that I don't have to keep manually moving the magnifier whenever
>>> what I type inevitably ends up off-screen (off-view?).
>>>
>>> This feature works great for basically every other application I have,
>>> except my Swing apps. I make a lot of Swing apps, and I use a bunch too.
>>> And this Magnifier feature that follows text does not work for any of the
>>> ones I have tried.
>>>
>>> This feature does work on basically every other application I have. To
>>> name a few.
>>>
>>> * Notepad++
>>> * WordPad
>>> * Firefox
>>> * Git Bash
>>>
>>> Here is a Bug Report referring to this problem.
>>>
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-5079680
>>>
>>> The resolution was listed as "Future Project". Any chance that the
>>> future can be now?
>>>
>>> I know that Swing is largely in maintenance mode, but if this were to
>>> get added, practically ALL Swing apps would receive a significant boost in
>>> accessibility. I think that's worth making some significant changes for.
>>>
>>> Finally, here is a StackOverflow post I made discussing the same subject.
>>>
>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79281778
>>>
>>> Thank you for your time.
>>> David Alayachew
>>>
>>>
>>>
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