Windows Magnifier does not work with my Swing applications

[David Alayachew]

Ok, ty vm. Hey Abhishek, any updates?


On Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 5:50 PM Philip Race <philip.race at oracle.com> wrote:

> I think I asked Abhishek to take a look.
>
> -phil.
>
> On 2/10/25 2:41 PM, David Alayachew wrote:
>
> 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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