[Fedora-livecd-list] Possible OK Button (A11y) Bug

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Mon Feb 26 14:44:38 UTC 2007


Jeremy Katz writes:
> On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 13:35 -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 16:36 -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > Part way through the boot an error came up about accessibility support.
> > > It's enabled by default, the error said, but the AT-SPI module required
> > > for a11y support was missing. "Press OK to continue," the message said.
> > [snip]
> > > 2.)	The real problem I encountered may be much more than missing
> > > AT-SPI. The OK button was not keyboardable, meaning I could not press
> > > enter to dismiss it. I had to get my sighted colleague to put the mouse
> > > cursor on it and click it away.
> > 
> > And something obvious that Ray pointed out to me today when I hit it
> > again (drats, I was hoping it would just get fixed upstream) is that if
> > you move the mouse just to the upper right corner, then the dialog has
> > focus and you can press enter.
> > 
> > But I think I might try to see what's causing it here shortly
> 
> Okay, that was ridiculous.  There's a check to see if the at registry
> starts within n seconds (was 2 seconds in test1, has increased to 5
> now... but that's still not always enough).  Put in a quick fix for
> test2 and then we'll get a real fix afterwards
> 
Fabulous, Jeremy. Thank you.

Janina

> Jeremy
> 
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