On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:17:32 GMT, Jeremy Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
> A JButton's `AccessibleAction#getAccessibleActionDescription()` is localized.
>
> For example: in German it returns "clicken", and in English it returns
> "click".
>
> In JavaAccessibilityActions.m we have this method:
>
> void initializeActions() {
> int actionsCount = 5;
>
> sActions = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithCapacity:actionsCount];
>
> [sActions setObject:NSAccessibilityPressAction forKey:@"click"];
> [sActions setObject:NSAccessibilityIncrementAction forKey:@"increment"];
> [sActions setObject:NSAccessibilityDecrementAction forKey:@"decrement"];
> [sActions setObject:NSAccessibilityShowMenuAction forKey:@"toggle popup"];
> [sActions setObject:NSAccessibilityPressAction forKey:@"toggleexpand"];
> ...
>
>
> This sets up a mapping based on the constant fields in
> `javax.accessibility.AccessibleAction`.
>
> But this mapping doesn't help if the String we interface with is translated.
> (This test focuses on German, but this principle applies to any non-English
> localization.)
>
> For the most part this won't seriously affect German users, because VoiceOver
> has a fallback: if you ask to "click" a button that doesn't have a
> NSAccessibilityPressAction, then VoiceOver will temporarily move the mouse
> over the button, click it, and then restore the mouse.
>
> This PR modifies CommonComponentAccessibility.m so it defines a
> NSAccessibilityPressAction, so VoiceOver doesn't have to move the mouse to
> activate buttons. This is based on the observation that VoiceOver is willing
> to try pressing the component anyway (with a simulated mouse click),
> therefore it should be safe (or at least "equally dangerous") to offer a
> NSAccessibilityPressAction instead.
>
> If this is considered too generic / risky we could instead:
> A. Limit this new logic to components with AccessibleRoles that act as
> buttons or
> B. De-localize this text in CAccessibility. For ex: `if (axActionDesc ==
> UIManager.getString("AbstractButton.clickText") return "click"`
>
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This pull request has now been integrated.
Changeset: 6e5e4f65
Author: Jeremy Wood <[email protected]>
Committer: Phil Race <[email protected]>
URL:
https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/6e5e4f655c1309bde9ca3f0945131a739904c36b
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8377938: VoiceOver Uses Mouse to Activate JButtons in German
Reviewed-by: kizune, prr
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30181
