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Bug 365295

Summary:	[Accessibility] ProgressBar does not get visual focus
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Simon Mising name <affenmensch3>
Component:	SWT	Assignee:	Platform-SWT-Inbox <platform-swt-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED NOT_ECLIPSE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	carolynmacleod4, eclipse.felipe, remy.suen
Version:	4.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Simon Mising name

2011-12-01 06:05:23 EST

Hi,
if you use a ProgressBar within your application, there is no possibility to set the focus on this ProgressBar. 
According to the IBM Accessibility Checklist, every control has to get visual focus:

http://w3-03.ibm.com/able/devtest/AC_JAWS_HowTo_SW.html#CP2.1

I'am not sure, if this is a real defect or just "works as designed".

Please close this defect, if it is not intended, that a ProgessBar can receive visual focus.

Comment 1 Simon Mising name

2012-01-18 05:12:40 EST

We have the same problem with the status bar.
But I think the cause is the same. The eclipse status bar contains a progress bar.

Comment 2 Carolyn MacLeod

2012-01-18 10:18:14 EST

Progress Bars do not take keyboard focus. Typically, AT such as screen readers notice that a progress bar in the active window is being updated, and they announce the percentage complete periodically.

The table describing pass/fail criteria for testing Progress Bars and Track Bars in the devtest link provided in comment 0 is incorrectly worded.

The words on the left hand side of the table are correct:
"Use either the mouse, appropriate command keys or invoke the JAWS cursor (Numpad Minus) and use the Arrow keys to move the cursor in the desired direction to move to each progress bar and track bar on the application screen."

However, the words on the right hand side of the table are obviously just a cut/paste of the words for other controls. You should take this up with whoever wrote the table. They need to come up with a more correct pass/fail criteria for progress bars.

Comment 3 Carolyn MacLeod

2012-01-18 10:23:47 EST

By the way, you can type INS+PgDown to get JAWS to read the status bar.