Re: [orca-list] Another orca and SWT bug

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
I have just tried the snippets I said about but using SWT 3.6RC4 and it 
works fine (for both this and the other SWT issue). So I guess its reall 
an SWT/eclipse issue and should be taken there (whether they will want 
to fix it as 3.6 can't be far off being made the current stable version).

Michael Whapples
On 06/05/2010 10:15 PM, Michael Whapples wrote:
> Hello,
> I have noticed something else where orca doesn't behave well with SWT 
> (it actually impacts on using eclipse but the SWT snippet is a smaller 
> application to deal with). In short, if you switch to an SWT 
> application and the focused control in that SWT application is 
> StyledText then orca doesn't seem to be aware of that control (it 
> leaves the application name showing in Braille). Now if in this 
> situation you give another control focus and move back to the 
> StyledText orca works fine. Also If you start an application which 
> puts you in StyledText then orca works fine at that point.
>
> How to reproduce:
> 1. Download, compile and run the eclipse SWT snippet212 (embedding 
> images in StyledText).
> 2. Take focus away from the snippet application (eg. ctrl+alt+d for 
> the desktop).
> 3. Use alt+tab to switch back to the snippet application.
>
> Expected: Orca will read the line of the StyledText control where the 
> caret is positioned.
> Actual: Orca just shows the application title.
>
> Software versions: SWT 3.5.2 and a recent orca GIT build.
>
> Extra things to try and note:
> * When the snippet application first loads orca does read the 
> StyledText control fine.
> * When you have switched to the desktop and back and orca only reads 
> the application title, try using ctrl+tab to move focus to the button 
> and press tab again to move back to the StyledText control, orca will 
> now read the StyledText control.
> * If you give the focus to the button before moving to the desktop and 
> back to the application you will find the button is read fine when the 
> application regains focus.
>
> I did mention this impacts on eclipse, if you are in the source code 
> editor and then minimise eclipse and go back to eclipse you will 
> notice the same bug (I think, it behaves exactly the same).
>
> Is this an orca bug or an SWT/eclipse bug? Where should I file it?
>
> Michael Whapples