Accessibility for NSControls is handled by the NSCell inside it, not the NSControl. Good luck.
—Rob > On Mar 13, 2022, at 7:55 AM, Eyal Redler via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having trouble getting a custom NSControl subclass properly visible with > regards to accessibility. > > If I implement my custom control as an NSView subclass and adopt the > NSAccessibilityButton protocol, I can "see" my custom control with > accessibility inspector when I hover above it. > If I take the same class but make it a subclass of NSControl, I'm not able to > "see" my control using accessibility inspector when hovering above it. It is > detecting something because I can see that when I hover in the containing > view, I can see the window ui element, but when I hover above the control > itself, I'm only seeing the "app" element. Also, when I inspect the > containing view I can see my control listed there and I can access it and > perform the action. > > I feel like I'm missing something obvious. Any ideas? > > Here's my code, If I replace NSControl with NSView, it seems to work great. > > @interface MyFancyButton : NSControl <NSAccessibilityButton> > > @end > > @implementation MyFancyButton > - (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect ... > > - (void)mouseDown:(NSEvent *)event ... > > - (void)simulateClick ... > > > - (nullable NSString *)accessibilityLabel > { > return @"my_label"; > } > - (BOOL)accessibilityPerformPress > { > [self simulateClick]; > return YES; > } > @end > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > Eyal Redler > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "If Uri Geller bends spoons with divine powers, then he's doing it the hard > way." > --James Randi > www.eyalredler.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/petrock%40mac.com > > This email sent to petr...@mac.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com