<Swing Dev> <AWT Dev> [12] JDK-7124285: Nothing heard from VoiceOver regarding the status of the progress bar

[Philip Race]

On 10/22/18, 8:24 AM, Philip Race wrote:
> I'll partly answer my own question in so far as that if it doesn't 
> have focus
> it probably isn't something that the AT would know is the component to 
> be reading out ...
> but I expect it still should not be editable - please confirm this - and
> why is this a Mac-specific issue ?

Ah, the bug report says this is an issue on Windows as well.

-phil.
>
> -phil.
>
> On 10/22/18, 7:58 AM, Philip Race wrote:
>> SFAIK the intent of the demo is that the ProgressBar is not user 
>> adjustable so
>> why does it have to be focusable ?
>> It should not be possible to change its value directly, whether an AT 
>> is involved
>> and you use the keyboard  or directly with mouse.
>>
>> So does this change break that intent ? Why does it work (presumably)
>> with JAWS+AccessBridge on Windows ?
>>
>> -phil.
>>
>> On 10/22/18, 12:36 AM, shashidhara.veerabhadraiah at oracle.com wrote:
>>> Hi All, Please review a swingset fix for the below bug.
>>>
>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7124285
>>>
>>> Fix: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sveerabhadra/7124285/webrev.00/
>>>
>>> Problem: The JProgressBar component used in the swingset demo was 
>>> not focusable and once it is turned on, now the progress status is 
>>> getting narrated via the voice over.
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards,
>>> Shashi
>>>