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I think I asked Abhishek to take a look.<br>
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-phil.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/10/25 2:41 PM, David Alayachew
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<p dir="ltr">Poke.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Any new info?</p>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 8:05 AM
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<p dir="ltr">Hello Phil,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Did you get any more info about this issue?</p>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 17, 2024,
11:58 AM David Alayachew <<a href="mailto:davidalayachew@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">davidalayachew@gmail.com</a>>
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Phil.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">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.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">Thanks
again for taking a look into this.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 17, 2024
at 11:56 AM Philip Race <<a href="mailto:philip.race@oracle.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">philip.race@oracle.com</a>>
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<div> Perhaps .. if it is an easy fix but I do not
know the specifics and the evaluator of that bug
wrote<br>
"<span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline;float:none">the
magnifier cannot receive PropertyChangeEvents from
Swing. This is a limitation in the Window
magnifier. <br>
The Windows magnifier could be modified by
Microsoft to receive such events but the work
would need to be done by Microsoft."<br>
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then went on to add that other magnifiers do work
..<br>
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I also don't know how tied in this would be to
implementing support for the Windows
Accessibility API.<br>
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Swing apps today use something called
JavaAccessBridge and there are screen readers
out there that support it.<br>
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It would be good to have another look at this
specific issue, but I can't make any promises.<br>
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-phil.<br>
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<div>On 12/15/24 1:04 PM, David Alayachew wrote:<br>
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Libs Dev Team,</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">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 (-).</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">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?).</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">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.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">This feature
does work on basically every other application
I have. To name a few.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">* Notepad++</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">* WordPad</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">* Firefox</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">* Git Bash</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">Here is a Bug
Report referring to this problem.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><a href="https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-5079680" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-5079680</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">The resolution
was listed as "Future Project". Any chance
that the future can be now?</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">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.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">Finally, here is
a StackOverflow post I made discussing the
same subject.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79281778" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79281778</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">Thank you for
your time.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">David Alayachew<br>
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