[pygtk] what are the attributes for making widgets accessible to screen readers?

[Krishnakant Mane]

hi wil,


On 18/08/2008, Willie Walker <William.Walker at sun.com> wrote:
> Hi Krishnakant:
>
> Setting up a mnemonic (e.g., Alt+f for the "First name:" label of a text
> area) usually ends up with the proper label for/by relations being made.
>
But what if I keep using the tab to navigate and don't use the
shortcut key at all?
will it still work? (pun intended ) *smile*
happy hacking.
KK
> Hope this helps!
>
> Will
>
> On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 18:51 +0530, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
>> hello all,
>> I am a totally blind person developing an application using python.
>> the gui is made obviously in pygtk.
>> but strangely enough there is a diffference in behaviour when I run
>> other pygtk applications and mine with the same screen reader on
>> gnome.
>> for example when I tab around in a gtk frame containing all widgets
>> like text entry or combo boxes, my screen reader does not read the
>> lable associated with that respective widget.
>> for example if there is a lable "first name:" followed by a text
>> entry, my screen reads "text" and not "full name: text".
>> this is only with the gui which I am developing.
>> I don't find this a problem with most of the other applications in gnome.
>> are there any attributes which I have failed to set on a widget to
>> associate the lable and the widget?
>> happy hacking.
>> Krishnakant.
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