Re: testing the CanvasEditor attachment with JAWS12 and IE9 beta (was: Reworked Canvas 2D API using our revised DrawFocusRing)

Attached is an updated version, working with the 'spacebar' behavior of IE9.

I've adapted it to work with WebKit, visually. Keyboard events don't 
work, and
the elements are not actually receiving focus. Visually, it represents 
focus properly.

These hacks would certainly be removed from the spec, but I think 
they're useful
for testing purposes, during discussion.

Greg, let me know if the JAWS behavior is 'far-off', or near.. And if 
it's near,
if there are any particular commands which are not returning what we'd like.

Tell me the key sequence for JAWS, the current behavior, and the correct 
behavior.
I'll try to alter the ARIA attributes to fit the correct behavior.

-Charles

On 11/26/2010 10:21 AM, Charles Pritchard wrote:
> Greg, I went ahead and installed the trial JAWS: I'm not a JAWS user, 
> so my ability to judge is rather limited.
>
> Rich, attached is an update to the CanvasEditor . I added in some ARIA 
> attributes.
>
> Frank Oliver:
> Using "spacebar" while focused on a checkbox seems to fire a Mouse event.
> That's interesting. Tell me more.
>
> I noticed it, because I was using event.target for processClick,
> when I hit space bar, the target was the input element.
>
> All:
>
> I'll add some more logic for the keyboard-triggered behavior, once I 
> get better definition from Frank O.
>
> I'd like to move WebKit in this direction, so we can get ourselves a 
> second "independent" implementation.
>
> I know that the MS team is extremely busy --- If there are some 
> internal documents that can
> be shared publicly, it would help me convey implementation details to 
> peripheral WebKit programmers.
>
> Note: I'm not affiliated with WebKit, Apple, Google nor the W3C. When 
> I say I'll move WebKit, I mean
> that I'll file the appropriate bug reports / defects.
>
>
> -Charles
>
> On 11/24/2010 5:25 PM, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote:
>> aloha, rich!
>>
>> thanks for the explanation -- i will take the demo and try hearing
>> what JAWS 12 and IE9 beta can and can't add to the user experience
>> i described and will post results and pointers, gregory.
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>> ---------- Original Message -----------
>> From: Richard Schwerdtfeger<schwer@us.ibm.com>
>> To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita"<oedipus@hicom.net>
>> Cc: david.bolter@gmail.com, janina@rednote.net, jcraig@apple.com, 
>> public-
>> canvas-api@w3.org
>> Sent: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:24:26 -0600
>> Subject: Re: testing the CanvasEditor attachment with JAWS12 and IE9 
>> beta
>> (was: Reworked Canvas 2D API using our revised DrawFocusRing)
>>
>>> Hi Gregory,
>>>
>>> Thanks for giving it a spin. I think I know the main problem. We
>>> are using the HTML 5 labelling mechanism:
>>>
>>> <label><input type=checkbox id=showA>  Show As</label>
>>> <label><input type=checkbox id=showB>  Show Bs</label>
>>>
>>> versus the standard:
>>>
>>> <input type="checkbox" id="foo" />
>>> <label for="foo">Show As</label>
>>>
>>> So, either IE does not map the accessibility API properly or
>>> JAWS simply does not handle this. I will send the example off to
>>> Freedom Scientific. Freedom Scientific does not yet support HTML
>>> 5 in their products.
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
>>> Rich Schwerdtfeger
>>> CTO Accessibility Software Group
>>>
>>> From:    "Gregory J. Rosmaita"<oedipus@hicom.net>
>>> To:    Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS,
>>>              public-canvas-api@w3.org
>>> Cc:    david.bolter@gmail.com, jcraig@apple.com, janina@rednote.net
>>> Date:    11/24/2010 12:30 PM
>>> Subject:    testing the CanvasEditor attachment with JAWS12 and IE9
>>> beta
>>>              (was: Reworked Canvas 2D API using our revised
>>> DrawFocusRing)
>>>
>>> aloha, rich!
>>>
>>> using IE9 beta and JAWS 12 (latest official release) i can minimally
>>> access the contents of
>>>
>>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-canvas-
>>> api/2010OctDec/att- 0035/CanvasEditor.html
>>>
>>> 1. when i issue a ReadAll command, i hear: "Show As Show Bs";
>>>
>>> 2. when i tab navigate to the document via the IE9 chrome, i
>>> hear: "Show As Show Bs";
>>>
>>> 3. when i tab navigate the document itself, i hear: "Show As" --
>>> a subsequent tab does not cause JAWS to announce the second item
>>> in the canvas ("show Bs")
>>>
>>> 3A. if i tab navigate the document itself, whilst nothing is announced
>>> when i tab a second time, a DownArrow causes JAWS to speak "Show
>>> Bs";
>>>
>>> 4. the checkboxes which the document source indicates should be 
>>> included
>>> in the canvas element are totally invisible to JAWS;
>>>
>>> 5. i could not determine if pressing the SPACEBAR while on 1 of
>>> the 2 checkboxes activated the checkbox;
>>>
>>> 6. i could not use JAWS' checkbox hot key (x) to access either
>>> checkbox;
>>>
>>> 7. using the "List of Form Controls" command (INSERT+F5) i
>>> received a list of two items:
>>>
>>> check box not checked
>>> check box not checked
>>>
>>> but only the existence and state of the checkboxes are reported,
>>> not their labels ("Show As" and "Show Bs"); when i attempted to select
>>> one of the checkboxes using this mechanism, a recheck of the
>>> "list of form controls" indicated that the checkbox remained unchecked
>>>
>>> 7A. i could not activate either checkbox using the "List of Form
>>> Controls"
>>>
>>> let me know if you want/need more testing
>>>
>>> hope this helps, gregory.
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>>> ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.
>>>                   -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>>           Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net
>>>   Vice-Chair, Webmaster&  Listmaster: Open Accessibility
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>>
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