Background: I was setting up a GNOME 3.6.1 demo machine, and was in the
process of verifying that the interim magnifier focus tracker was
working properly, when I came across the following.
Focus tracking did *not* function as expected in FireFox nor
LibreOffice. Tracking the keyboard focus did not occur with these
applications. By comparison, gnome-shell widgets (e.g., menus, task
switcher) all worked as expected in terms of focus tracking.
Another clue: I went on to check the Orca set up, launching it, and
later quitting.
Then I went back to look further into the focus tracking issues with
FireFox and LibreOffice. To my surprise focus tracking now worked with
these apps as well.
We discussed this at last week's gnome-a11y meeting, noting that in
gnome 3.6 a11y is "always on". Furthermore, gnome-shell respects that.
We hypothesized that FF and LO do not, and require some further push to
engage accessibility.
--
;;;;joseph.
'A: After all, it isn't rocket science.'
'K: Right. It's merely computer science.'
- J. D. Klaun -
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