RFR: 8339728 : [Accessibility, Windows, JAWS] Bug in the getKeyChar method of the AccessBridge class [v5]

Abhishek Kumar abhiscxk at openjdk.org
Mon Jan 6 06:10:27 UTC 2025


> For a JMenuItem with a shortcut like _Ctrl + Comma_, the `getKeyChar` method of the `AccessBridge` class cuts the _Comma_ text to the first character and hence transfers `C (instead of Comma)` via the `AccessBridge` API. For a shortcut _Ctrl + Comma_ in a menu item, screen readers announce _Ctrl + C_ instead of _Ctrl + Comma_ as shortcut. Same issue exists for **Enter, Period and other keys** as well where only the first character is returned from the getKeyChar method. 
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> Proposed fix is to ensure that the _char representation of the shortcuts_ is returned by the `getKeyChar` method and it worked fine except for **"Enter"** key. It is unclear to me why it has not announced by AT (JAWS) but I think that may be due to the char representation of the Enter key which is a Line Feed.
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> AT was also not able to announce the _Tab and Space_ key as a shortcut. Adding these keys in the control key list in _AccessBridge_ and in supported control code list in _AccessBridgePackages_ files enabled them to be announced by AT.
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> Manual test case is added to verify the shortcut for JMenuItems.

Abhishek Kumar has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains five additional commits since the last revision:

 - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8339728
 - Copyright year and minor fix
 - Review comment update
 - Copyright year and test update
 - MenuItem shortcut accessibility fix

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22822/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22822/files/7e5b00d3..64ecaf0a

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=22822&range=04
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=22822&range=03-04

  Stats: 177173 lines in 5136 files changed: 120891 ins; 38678 del; 17604 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22822.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/22822/head:pull/22822

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22822


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