workspace switcher is not accissible with Orca
Hi all, I did a fresh install of Ubuntu Precise and got Orca 3.4.1 running in Unity 2D. With Control_Alt_arrow-left/right I switch to another workspace. I like to work in 3 or more workspaces. With Alt_F1 and down-arrow I found the workspace switcher but Orca only says pane and nothing else. With the flat review Orca go silent. Can you confirm? It will be very helpfull if the workspace switcher is accessible with Orca. Milton-- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: workspace switcher is not accissible with Orca
IMHO, I'm not sure how important it is to get the workspace switcher accessible. I can't imagine it's easier to use the workspace switcher than it is to use the hot keys to navigate around your workspaces. Although maybe the workspace switcher has some other features I'm ignorant of. In my vanilla install of Ubuntu Precise with Unity 2D, I start off with four workspaces. They're laid out in a grid, so I can get to them with the four control+alt+arrow-keys. The left and right arrow keys will only take me between two of the workspaces. I have to use the up and down arrow keys to get to the other two. On 24/05/12 01:36, Milton wrote: Hi all, I did a fresh install of Ubuntu Precise and got Orca 3.4.1 running in Unity 2D. With Control_Alt_arrow-left/right I switch to another workspace. I like to work in 3 or more workspaces. With Alt_F1 and down-arrow I found the workspace switcher but Orca only says pane and nothing else. With the flat review Orca go silent. Can you confirm? It will be very helpfull if the workspace switcher is accessible with Orca. Milton -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: workspace switcher is not accissible with Orca
Hi, One could take this even further by setting shortcut keys for moving to workspaces 1 through n, making this a one-keystroke operation. Unless there's something critical in the workspace switcher, that needs accessibility, I'm ok with this being filed as a low-priority, wishlist sort of item in Orca's bug tracker. Cheers, Dave On 05/24/2012 10:16 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: IMHO, I'm not sure how important it is to get the workspace switcher accessible. I can't imagine it's easier to use the workspace switcher than it is to use the hot keys to navigate around your workspaces. Although maybe the workspace switcher has some other features I'm ignorant of. In my vanilla install of Ubuntu Precise with Unity 2D, I start off with four workspaces. They're laid out in a grid, so I can get to them with the four control+alt+arrow-keys. The left and right arrow keys will only take me between two of the workspaces. I have to use the up and down arrow keys to get to the other two. On 24/05/12 01:36, Milton wrote: Hi all, I did a fresh install of Ubuntu Precise and got Orca 3.4.1 running in Unity 2D. With Control_Alt_arrow-left/right I switch to another workspace. I like to work in 3 or more workspaces. With Alt_F1 and down-arrow I found the workspace switcher but Orca only says pane and nothing else. With the flat review Orca go silent. Can you confirm? It will be very helpfull if the workspace switcher is accessible with Orca. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: [orca-list] workspace switcher is not accissible with Orca
I can see value in it if you have more than 4 workspaces. On my Lucid Vinux installation, I got myself up to 12 workspaces. I stopped using more than about five of them because it was too much of a pain to get to, say workspace 11 or something like that. Gnome and Unity make workspaces a bit hard to mess with. I haven't bothered doing that ever since. KDE, on the other hand, is absolutely fantastic for multiple workspaces incorporating the function keys as hotkeys for jumping to particular ones and making it extremely easy to add or remove how many workspaces you use. I can't wait till all its a11y issues are worked out as I think it more adequately fits my personal pc user style than Gnome does. If I didn't use a screen reader, I'm sure I'd've used it from the beginning. Alex M alex M On 5/24/12, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: IMHO, I'm not sure how important it is to get the workspace switcher accessible. I can't imagine it's easier to use the workspace switcher than it is to use the hot keys to navigate around your workspaces. Although maybe the workspace switcher has some other features I'm ignorant of. In my vanilla install of Ubuntu Precise with Unity 2D, I start off with four workspaces. They're laid out in a grid, so I can get to them with the four control+alt+arrow-keys. The left and right arrow keys will only take me between two of the workspaces. I have to use the up and down arrow keys to get to the other two. On 24/05/12 01:36, Milton wrote: Hi all, I did a fresh install of Ubuntu Precise and got Orca 3.4.1 running in Unity 2D. With Control_Alt_arrow-left/right I switch to another workspace. I like to work in 3 or more workspaces. With Alt_F1 and down-arrow I found the workspace switcher but Orca only says pane and nothing else. With the flat review Orca go silent. Can you confirm? It will be very helpfull if the workspace switcher is accessible with Orca. Milton -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail ___ orca-list mailing list orca-l...@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca. The manual is at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: [orca-list] workspace switcher is not accissible with Orca
I can confirm. Mine's doing the exact same thing. Alex M On 5/24/12, Milton mil...@tomaatnet.nl wrote: Hi all, I did a fresh install of Ubuntu Precise and got Orca 3.4.1 running in Unity 2D. With Control_Alt_arrow-left/right I switch to another workspace. I like to work in 3 or more workspaces. With Alt_F1 and down-arrow I found the workspace switcher but Orca only says pane and nothing else. With the flat review Orca go silent. Can you confirm? It will be very helpfull if the workspace switcher is accessible with Orca. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
