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Bug 9989

Summary:	Accessibility: Can't hear my whole task in tasks window.
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Randall (Randy) Horwitz <rhorwitz>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Nick Edgar <n.a.edgar>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P2	CC:	n.a.edgar
Version:	2.0	Keywords:	accessibility
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
Whiteboard:

Description Randall (Randy) Horwitz

2002-02-18 17:19:03 EST

While I experienced this, I was using Jaws For Windows version 3.7.47.
The Eclipse build was: 20020125

I created a simple java class that would simply say "Hello World'. So, all it 
had was a 
public static void main () ;

When I purposely placed in a compiler error:

- I tabbed down to the tasks window.
- My compiler error was read to me by Jaws with dots in it. And thus,
it was incomplete.
- According to a sighted co-worker of mine, it would be possible to size the 
tasks window with a mouse.
- I was able to maximize the tasks window with alt-dash, and then by eelecting 
maximize.
- I still was not able to hear my entire compilation error. 
- My sighted colleague and I could not find a way to further size this window 
with the Keyboard.
- Sighted assistants is not always available for this sort of thing, so it 
seemed problematic.

I do like how you can press enter on your task and be placed into the editor on 
your compiler error.

Comment 1 Erich Gamma

2002-02-26 11:37:58 EST

Task list is contributed by Platform UI.

As another possible way to get at the error message you can step through errors 
in the Java editor (Next Problem CTRL+E). When stepping through the errors the 
current error message is shown in the status line.
Another potential workaround. Is to step through the errors in the Java Editor 
with Next Problem (CTRL+E).

Moving to Platform UI

Comment 2 Kevin Haaland

2002-02-27 09:47:27 EST

Randy,

   Is there a way to get JAWS to read the tooltip from the Table control? When 
the native widget clips the string it is displayed as a tooltip. This is 
similiar to what happens in the native file explorer on Windows. 

Would it be acceptable to press F1 on the error task and be brought to a help 
window for the error instead?

Comment 3 Randall (Randy) Horwitz

2002-02-27 10:36:15 EST

Kevin,

Pressing F1 on an error to hear your entire error would be a good work around.
Providing that jaws could read the pop-up, or whatever would come up 
after F1 was pressed.  JAWS does well with the standard
help guys that come up for context help within a Windows
Property Dialog, for example.
It would then be good to have an easy way of clearing that little error pop-up
guy, so that you could jump back onto the tasks list. Or,
alternatively, a way to clear that Pop up box, and go direclty to the error in 
the Java Editor. 

Note, JAWS had a lot of trouble with the Help Perspective
which I will be posting another bug on shortly.
This is probably unrelated, unless the same
sort of thing was planned here when F1 was
pressed.

Comment 4 Nick Edgar

2002-03-06 13:51:28 EST

Also note that when the task list is active, the selected task's description is 
shown in the status line, which may give it more space.
JAWS has a key for reading the status line: Insert+Page Down
The status line is also filled in when cycling through errors in the Java 
editor using Ctrl+E.
Does this address the problem, or is it still cut off?
If it's still cut off, what is the error?

Comment 5 Tod Creasey

2002-03-14 13:24:27 EST

Moved to later as it does not block 508

Comment 6 Nick Edgar

2002-03-14 14:37:35 EST

Reopening in order to close.

Comment 7 Nick Edgar

2002-03-14 14:38:41 EST

The task list now has a task properties dialog, which presents the description 
of the task in a text field, and also presents the other properties in a more 
accessible way.