Thanks Phil. Yeah, I am A-OK as long as this something that is looked into and the JBS Bug Report is updated with the findings. If this isn't too bad, this would be a solid inclusion. But if it's not worth the effort, I just want the JBS to be updated, and then I can put that as an answer for my StackOverflow post.
Thanks again for taking a look into this. On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 11:56 AM Philip Race <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps .. if it is an easy fix but I do not know the specifics and the > evaluator of that bug wrote > "the magnifier cannot receive PropertyChangeEvents from Swing. This is a > limitation in the Window magnifier. > The Windows magnifier could be modified by Microsoft to receive such > events but the work would need to be done by Microsoft." > > then went on to add that other magnifiers do work .. > > I also don't know how tied in this would be to implementing support for > the Windows Accessibility API. > > Swing apps today use something called JavaAccessBridge and there are > screen readers out there that support it. > > It would be good to have another look at this specific issue, but I can't > make any promises. > > -phil. > > On 12/15/24 1:04 PM, David Alayachew wrote: > > Hello Client Libs Dev Team, > > My eyesite has started to deteriorate significantly, so I have been using > the built-in Accessibility tool called Windows (Screen) Magnifier > (available since Windows XP at least). It zooms in and out of the screen by > pressing the Windows Key and (+) or (-). > > This works great because, as I type stuff, the magnifier will follow my > text, so that I don't have to keep manually moving the magnifier whenever > what I type inevitably ends up off-screen (off-view?). > > This feature works great for basically every other application I have, > except my Swing apps. I make a lot of Swing apps, and I use a bunch too. > And this Magnifier feature that follows text does not work for any of the > ones I have tried. > > This feature does work on basically every other application I have. To > name a few. > > * Notepad++ > * WordPad > * Firefox > * Git Bash > > Here is a Bug Report referring to this problem. > > https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-5079680 > > The resolution was listed as "Future Project". Any chance that the future > can be now? > > I know that Swing is largely in maintenance mode, but if this were to get > added, practically ALL Swing apps would receive a significant boost in > accessibility. I think that's worth making some significant changes for. > > Finally, here is a StackOverflow post I made discussing the same subject. > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79281778 > > Thank you for your time. > David Alayachew > > >
