Attachment 281260 Details for Bug 487859

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irc.log (text/plain), 2.03 KB, created by Brian Merrell on 2009-03-23 17:27:14 UTC

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><@bgmerrell> It doesn't look like Windows does this, but I think it would 
>             be cool to set an accessible's description to a 
>             HelpProvider's HelpString
><@bgmerrell> i wrote the help provider test like that, assuming it would 
>             be fixed with 457830, but that case is a bit different i 
>             guess
><@bgmerrell> mario: any ideas about that?
><@mario> bgmerrell: did you mean returning helpstring when asking 
>         accessibledescription?
><@bgmerrell> uhh, sure :)
><@bgmerrell> i'm still a bit confused... UISpy has a "HelpText" field, 
>             but it's empty even for the HelpProvider sample
><@mario> is windows doing this?
><@mario> opening uispy
><@mario> what example are you running?
><@bgmerrell> mario: helpprovider.py
><@mario> running
><@bgmerrell> HelpProvider seems to work differently in Linux and Windows
><@bgmerrell> pressing F1 in Linux brings up a tooltip, but in Windows it 
>             doesn't appear to do anything (for the helpprovider.py 
>             sample at least)
><@mario> I think that's a known bug, let me see.
><@mario> bgmerrell: yes, in windows you need to click the "?" button and 
>         then click the control
><@mario> I guess they are using F1 to show the tooltip on the focused 
>         control because they didn't add "?" button
><@mario> seems they can't
><@bgmerrell> oh, yah, i think i remember something about that
><@bgmerrell> but i wonder why HelpText in UISpy is blank ... 
><@bgmerrell> regardless, without setting the description to the tooltip 
>             text HelpProvider is mostly worthless from an a11y 
>             perspective
> * bgmerrell shrugs
><@bgmerrell> Like i said, it doesn't look like windows does it, but i 
>             think it would be nice
><@mario> oh I see what you are saying
><@mario> yes I agree.
><@mario> returning Control's HelpString in the HelpText would be better
><@bgmerrell> okay, i'll just open a bug as an enhancement
><@bgmerrell> thanks
><@mario> yes, is similar to ToolTip actually
><@bgmerrell> okay, I will reference that tooltip bug in the new bug

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