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Bug 61069

Summary:	[Dialogs] InputDialog error message not accessible
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Amy Wu <for.work.things>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Tod Creasey <Tod_Creasey>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2	CC:	dipalerm, eric
Version:	3.0	Keywords:	accessibility
Target Milestone:	3.0 M9
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
See Also:	https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=510669
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Description Amy Wu

2004-05-05 11:32:13 EDT

build: 4/23

There does not seem to be a way for a screen reader like JAWS or Window-eyes to 
read the error message displayed in org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.InputDialog.

Perhaps the errorMessageLabel should be Read-Only text input so that users can 
tab to and read the error message if one exists.

Comment 1 Amy Wu

2004-05-05 11:36:51 EDT

examples where this dialog is used include:
-copy-paste files in package explorer (error message if you try to specify a 
new name for the file that already exists)
-Go To Line (Ctrl+L) in text editor (error message if you specify a line out of 
range)

Comment 2 Tod Creasey

2004-05-06 09:37:42 EDT

We should use a non editable test as suggested. This is consistent with our 
other accessibility solutions in the rest of JFAce.

Comment 3 Tod Creasey

2004-05-06 14:24:56 EDT

Fixed in build >20040506

Comment 4 Eric Zimmerman

2004-07-14 19:40:31 EDT

This fix is great if there is any message in the error description but ends up
seeming buggy when the message is empty.  This also causes weird focus rings and
display on the Macintosh.

Comment 5 Tod Creasey

2004-07-15 08:27:41 EDT

There is not much we can do about the Mac - this is a design limitation. What 
we could really do with at some point is an accessible label.