RFR: 8284542: [Accessibility] [Win] Missing attribute for toggle state of CheckBox in CheckBoxTreeItem [v3]

Kevin Rushforth kcr at openjdk.org
Fri May 12 22:21:49 UTC 2023


On Fri, 12 May 2023 10:36:12 GMT, Ambarish Rapte <arapte at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Issue:
>> CheckBoxTreeItem extends TreeItem and adds a CheckBox.
>> The state of this CheckBox is not visible to an accessibility client application.
>> If we analyze a simple program that contains a CheckBoxTreeItem using a windows application "Accessibility Insights for Window", we can notice that toggle state of CheckBox is not exposed.
>> 
>> Fix:
>> Include the [Toggle Control Pattern](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winauto/uiauto-implementingtoggle) in Accessibility information of a CheckBoxTreeItem in addition to the patterns that are used for a TreeItem.
>> 
>> Verification:
>> On Windows: Do the following with and without the fix.
>> 1. Run the sample program attached to JBS issue.
>> 2. Launch "Accessibility Insights for Window"
>> 3. Observe that patterns section for each item
>> 4. Select / de-select the CheckBoxes and observe the patterns section for correctness of toggle state.
>
> Ambarish Rapte 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 three additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into a11y-8284542-CheckBoxTreeItem
>  - Review Comment: Add enum ToggleState
>  - Add CheckBoxTreeItem role and TOGGLE_STATE attribute

Testing looks (and sounds) good to me. I'll reapprove if you make the suggested formatting or doc changes. Go ahead and update the CSR when ready.

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Marked as reviewed by kcr (Lead).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1088#pullrequestreview-1425210899


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