Re: [orca-list] Caret position loss in Firefox

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi Nolan.

I was able to reproduce the find-related loss you described and just
fixed that (at least for me). Could you please test again and see if
that find issue is now fixed for you?

And if there are other issues, let's go with one short description/issue
at a time like you did with the find issue, as I seem to be more
successful with smaller pieces. Been one of those days.... <smiles>

Thanks again!
--joanie

On 03/18/2016 04:08 PM, Nolan Darilek wrote:
> Sorry, no change.
>
> In particular, I search for the word "well", which seems to spot the
> phrase "you're doing well". No matter what I do, nothing can bring
> accessible focus to the result of the search. I'm dropped at the top of
> the iframe. I also still can't reliably retain my position within the
> iframe.
>
> Thanks for taking a look at this.
>
>
> On 03/18/2016 03:00 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Hey Nolan.
> >
> > I've admittedly not tried your specific case yet, but I'm trying to
> > knock out some more bugs before I do the release (that's now 5 days
> > late). And your case sounds a lot like what Vojta reported. So could you
> > see if things are better for you for your case while I work on the other
> > bugs?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > --joanie
> >
> > On 03/18/2016 10:23 AM, Nolan Darilek wrote:
> > > Frustrated at the lack of a decent accessible ebook reader under Linux
> > > (or at least, not knowing of a convenient one) I started writing
> > > something. I thought the best and most accessible choice would be
> > > browser-based, especially since it'd then work on all devices and
> > > platforms.
> > >
> > > I have a proof of concept working, but under Linux the caret position is
> > > almost always lost. I'm wondering if anyone else can replicate? To do
> > > so, go here:
> > >
> > > https://oasis.sandstorm.io/shared/yq8FdB-uE3iu53NmjkejPtZzJC2SdygtExM1ZMjlv6F
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Don't worry about signing in, though you can if you like (Sandstorm is
> > > an incredible platform.) Click the "Clockwork Rocket" link. After a bit,
> > > you'll see a single-button toolbar followed by the book's HTML in an
> > > iframe. With Firefox caret mode enabled, scroll through the book, find a
> > > position and remember it.
> > >
> > > If I alt-tab away from the window and return, I'm usually still at the
> > > position. If I switch to a different tab in Firefox, or a different
> > > Firefox window, my position in the book is almost always lost if I arrow
> > > around in the new tab. I can't pin down exactly what behaviors lose the
> > > position, but it always seems to pop back to the toolbar. I'm wondering
> > > if it has something to do with my use of an iframe? Similarly, if I use
> > > ctrl-f to find a phrase I remembered reading, the caret position doesn't
> > > seem to move to the text (or, at least, not accessibly.)
> > >
> > > I spun up my Windows VM. In contrast, NVDA has yet to lose my position
> > > despite lots of reading and scrolling, switching away to other windows,
> > > etc. Find also works. So I suppose this could either be a Gecko issue
> > > with the Linux port, or something to do with Orca. Not sure which so I
> > > thought I'd post the question here first. I'm definitely not moving the
> > > caret in my app.
> > >
> > > In any case, I'd love to get this working under Linux so I don't have to
> > > run ebook-convert and read all my books in Gedit. :) Similarly annoyed
> > > with using Windows/QRead just to read effectively.
> > >
> > > A note about the Remove button: please don't be a troll and click it.
> > > Sandstorm secures unshared apps by default, and I hadn't expected to hit
> > > such a fundamental issue that'd require me to share this the day after I
> > > started using it. This is an app instance I deployed for testing, so all
> > > removing the book will do is make fixing this issue harder since I'll
> > > need to create a new one. Anyhow, just wanted to tack that on should
> > > anyone want to avail themselves of the "obvious" security issue. :)
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
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