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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hello David,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8">Yeah, I will evaluate if existing JDK implementation can be extended to work with Windows Magnifier. I didn’t get enough time to look into this
issue due to other issues but this is on my to-do list. I will update my findings on JBS after my analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you for your patience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Abhishek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="color:black">David Alayachew <davidalayachew@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 11 February 2025 at 4:39</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Philip Race <philip.race@oracle.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Abhishek Kumar <abhishek.cx.kumar@oracle.com>, client-libs-dev@openjdk.org <client-libs-dev@openjdk.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[External] : Re: Windows Magnifier does not work with my Swing applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Ok, ty vm. Hey Abhishek, any updates?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 5:50<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM Philip Race <<a href="mailto:philip.race@oracle.com" target="_blank">philip.race@oracle.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I think I asked Abhishek to take a look.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2/10/25 2:41 PM, David Alayachew wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Poke.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Any new info?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 8:05<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM David Alayachew <<a href="mailto:davidalayachew@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidalayachew@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Hello Phil,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Did you get any more info about this issue?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 11:58<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM David Alayachew <<a href="mailto:davidalayachew@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidalayachew@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Thanks Phil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Thanks again for taking a look into this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 11:56<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM Philip Race <<a href="mailto:philip.race@oracle.com" target="_blank">philip.race@oracle.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:#172B4D;background:white">the magnifier cannot receive PropertyChangeEvents from Swing. This is a limitation in the Window magnifier.
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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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<p class="MsoNormal">On 12/15/24 1:04 PM, David Alayachew wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">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 (-).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">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?).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">This feature does work on basically every other application I have. To name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">* Notepad++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">* WordPad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">* Firefox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">* Git Bash<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Here is a Bug Report referring to this problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><a href="https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-5079680" target="_blank">https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-5079680</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">The resolution was listed as "Future Project". Any chance that the future can be now?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Finally, here is a StackOverflow post I made discussing the same subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/stackoverflow.com/questions/79281778__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!Ly4-UF3NKnfHKegv0u1A73-bJexJCRENPe2tHIfIZbS-UVOiAyGFuQ5ftsZLZ3nYii9HnobMtSSE1q01jU3NB22v20jnRIk$" target="_blank">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79281778</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Thank you for your time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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