714198 - Can't check if a11y is enabled in GNOME 3

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 693343

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, defect)

Description

[Chris Coulson]

Currently, there is code in accessible/src/atk/nsApplicationAccessibleWrap.cpp and widget/src/gtk2/nsWindow.cpp to check if a11y is enabled by looking at the "/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility" key in GConf. This doesn't work in GNOME 3 because of the transition to GSettings**.

This seems to be the last feature depending on GConf now.

** It may still work on some systems due to the GSettings -> GConf bridge, but this has been removed already (http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-settings-daemon/commit/?id=f4ef02038a1f57edf7a23ba91829f15cddfc7eff)

Comment 1

[Chris Coulson]

Attachment: Look up accessibility settings from GSettings if available

Comment 2

[Chris Coulson]

I'm not sure who to ask for review for this :)

Comment 3

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

probably karlt for the gtk2 widget stuff, and maybe surkov or dbolter for the a11y stuff... or maybe just karlt alone.

Comment 4

[Trevor Saunders (:tbsaunde)]

(In reply to Reed Loden [:reed] (very busy) from comment #3)
> probably karlt for the gtk2 widget stuff, and maybe surkov or dbolter for
> the a11y stuff... or maybe just karlt alone.

actually, me or Ginn Chen are probably the better a11y people here, and I think one of us should look at that sort of thing.

That said we're already working on this in bug 693343, if you'd like to help figure out the shutdown hang were having trouble with there that would be great!