1020338 - Missing and incorrect accessibility events when selection changes in address autocomplete

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Disability Access, defect)

Description

[Joanmarie Diggs]

Attachment: accessible-event listener

Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch the attached accessible-event listener in a terminal
2. Press Ctrl+N in Thunderbird to compose a new message
3. Type a character in the To: field causing the autocomplete to appear
4. Arrow Down amongst all the items in the autocomplete

Expected results: An accessible event would be emitted each time the selected item changes within the displayed autocompletion list. Because the selection is changing, object:state-changed:selected and/or object:selection-changed would be appropriate.

Actual results: There is no accessible event for the selection change. In addition, the To: entry emits object:state-changed:focused each time the selection changes.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Thanks Joanmarie. I assume you tested with version 24.x. Newer versions are using toolkit autocomplete. Can you test with beta from http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/channel/ and post  yoru results?

Comment 2

[Joanmarie Diggs]

Assuming the nightly I built three days ago is recent enough, this bug persists as described in the opening report.

Comment 3

[Marco Zehe (:MarcoZ)]

Joanie, is this still an issue nowadays?

Comment 4

[Joanmarie Diggs]

This appears to be fixed (at least in Thunderbird "Daily")