Windows Magnifier does not work with my Swing applications

[David Alayachew]

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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