Re: [g-a-devel] Slow keys dialog

["Chris Jones" <cej105 soton ac uk>]

The sytem-wide StickyKeys is too inflexible for my needs.  I have the
following gripes:
  * A user might want the onscreen keyboard to be sticky but not the physical.

  * It allows me to implement the functionality in a way that is more
suitable for an onscreen keyboard.  One click sets sticky for one
click of a non sticky character, a further click sets sticky until a
third click.

  * The sticky keys dialogue is annoying.  A far better way would be
to enable it in the preferences, since you must to  enable assistive
technology support and be notified of it's act/deactivation by a
notification bubble.

  * This is not purely a a11y project.  It has other uses, tablet
pc's etc.  Therefore I wanted a soft dependency on assistive
technologies.

  * GOK's implentation is very unreliable on my system, and not
something I particularly want to emulate.

I know I should fix these gripes instead of treading my own path.
However, this is a Summer of Code project and so I need to produce the
expected results before a deadline.

In other words I cannot spend the summer making gnome-a11y suitable
for my needs.  What I need is a temporary work around until after the
SoC when I could find time to work on this aspect of gnome-a11y and
fix my program so it is not an "accessibility violation".

Thanks for your time.

On 26/06/06, Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman sun com> wrote:
> Hi Chris:
>
> The answer is, "don't implement sticky keys in your keyboard".  You
> should be using the system-wide StickyKeys settings and feature instead
> (as GOK does).
>
> Interfering with the normal operation of the system wide setting (i.e
> clashing with it as your app does), is itself an accessibility
> violation.
>
> (There are several gconf keys you can use to turn sticky keys on and off
> - see those under /desktop/gnome/accessibility/keyboard)
>
> Bill
>
> > I've implemented sticky keys in my onscreen keyboard.  When shift is
> > stuck down it causes the slow keys dialogue to appear.  Is there a way
> > to suppress this dialog whilst my app is running?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris Jones
>
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