documantation is not completely accessible for blinds which i tested on windows. we can not read help via arro keys by nvda. most of the times it does need mouse. and even when we install offline help file discribtion for menu and dialogs are not completely accessible via keyboard and nvda does not it by default or by arro keys.
Zahra: on which env are you (Windows, MacOs, Linux)? Which LibreOffice version do you use? FYI, last stable one is 4.4.3
hi. thanks so much for your answer. i tried many versions of libreoffice since version 4.3.0 and the last version which i use is version 4.4.0 i use windows xp but i offered libreoffice to many of my friends and they said that they have the problems which i mentioned.
Zahra: Sorry for having asked the env, you had quoted it in your initial description. Sophie/Niklas: thought you might be interested in this one since it concerns accessibility for documentation. Any thought? Should we ping ui team for example?
Hi Zahra, there is an option to activate under Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Accessibility, in the Other Options area, the first option Use text selection cursor in read-only text documents. This option should allow you to read the via arrow keys. Let us know if it works for you. Sophie
@Zahra please tell if the suggestion from Sophie fixes your issue. I set status to NEEDINFO waiting for your feedback. also remember to upgrade to latest LibO release (4.4.3.2 right now).
(In reply to tommy27 from comment #5) > @Zahra > please tell if the suggestion from Sophie fixes your issue. > I set status to NEEDINFO waiting for your feedback. > also remember to upgrade to latest LibO release (4.4.3.2 right now). hi. thanks so much for your time and guide. but as you mentioned Use text selection cursor in read-only text documents is only for reading and does not work for editing and writing. i tried many versions of libreoffice and i face this problem in all of them. i even tested libreoffice 5 beta and it was completely like previous versions. accessibility has no improvement since version 4.3.0
(In reply to tommy27 from comment #5) > @Zahra > please tell if the suggestion from Sophie fixes your issue. > I set status to NEEDINFO waiting for your feedback. > also remember to upgrade to latest LibO release (4.4.3.2 right now). and also i mentioned libreoffice documentation is not completely accessible. and also when i installed its help file its discribtion of menu is not accessible.
Although it refers to documentation, this is also an Accessibility issue of the local help system. This bug should be better addressed if the component is UI, Framework or Writer/Web (this last is the tool used by the local help.
Re reading this bugtracker some years after, I don't understand this part: "Use text selection cursor in read-only text documents is only for reading and does not work for editing and writing" We're talking about documentation so it's not about editing and writing since documentation is read-only. If Sophie's suggestion works for documentation which is read-only, the pb should be solved. Did I miss something?
The Help pages are now displayed in system browser. Is this bug still valid?
Navigation of help (on-line or local install) via os browser was only part of the OP issue with reviewing the Help articles. If any thing it is worse now with issues of bug 118148 linkage to "extended tips" with <F1> or on mouse over or with keyboard navigation not linking to correct article--on-line or local install. But this could be closed for bug 118148 for the <ahelp> impact on a11y.
Bug 118148 was completed a year ago. Are there any further concerns? For the technical stuff I've done for the web help, I have always kept accessibility in mind.
Resolved with completion of bug 118148