RFR: 8284662: [Win][Accessibility][ListCell] Screen reader fails to read ListView/ComboBox item count if > 100

Kevin Rushforth kcr at openjdk.org
Thu Feb 16 19:30:38 UTC 2023


On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:56:58 GMT, Ambarish Rapte <arapte at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Accessibility client applications like Windows Narrator and JAWS read positions of the items in a ListView/ComboBox as "index of total-item-count".
> For example, in an ComboBox with 10 items, first item "Item1" would be read as "Item one, one of ten". Similarly it appends the <index of item> of <total-number-of-item> for all items.
> 
> Currently this is not read correctly,
> - by Narrator if total number of items is > 100
> - by JAWS if total number of items is > 200
> 
> One main reason is that JavaFX is not serving request from A11Y client applications for UIA_PositionInSetPropertyId and UIA_SizeOfSetPropertyId properties.
> 
> Serving request for these properties fixes the issue.
> 
> Verification:
> There are two test programs (for ComboBox and ListView) attached to []([JDK-8284662](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8284662)).
> Please run those and observe how Narrator reads them with and without fix.

Looks good.

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Marked as reviewed by kcr (Lead).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1036


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