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Bug 329494

Summary:	[Help] Fix in Eclipse 3.6.2 - Jaws does not give enough context info when in Help pane
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Chris Goldthorpe <cgold>
Component:	User Assistance	Assignee:	platform-ua-inbox <platform-ua-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	cgold, liuj1, Mike_Wilson, stephen.francisco
Version:	3.6.1	Keywords:	accessibility
Target Milestone:	3.6.2
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:	328502
Bug Blocks:

Description Chris Goldthorpe

2010-11-04 17:14:52 EDT

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #328502 +++

Build Identifier: M20100211-1343

When focus is in the help pane, Jaws immediately starts reading the text in the "About" section, without providing indication about where the user is within the help pane (ie. "Related Topics" title is not announced).  This is more prominent with the older UI, where there are two sections, but is also an issue with the current UI.

Our accessibility team finds that this makes us Section 508 blocking:
Fails checkpoint 2.2 - Provide semantic information about user interface objects.
Fails checkpoint 4.1 - Provide text through standard system function calls or through an API (application programming interface) which supports interaction with assistive technology.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Eclipse
2. Launch Jaws
3. Press F1 when focus is in Eclipse (ie. in Java Editor).  If the help pane is already open, you can also use Ctrl+F7 to bring focus to the help pane.  
4. Listen to Jaws start reading text in pane, while skipping over section titles.

Comment 1 Chris Goldthorpe

2010-11-05 15:53:13 EDT

Applied the patch from Bug 328502 to the 2.6 maintenance stream. Fixed