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Bug 677126 - Orca should read number of virtual desktop (workspace) after changing workspace
Orca should read number of virtual desktop (workspace) after changing workspace
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
: 686930 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-05-30 21:22 UTC by chris
Modified: 2021-07-05 14:04 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description chris 2012-05-30 21:22:30 UTC 
If i change the desktop with ctrl + alt + arrow up/down it would good to know on which desktop i m be.

if i change the desktop Orca should read the desktop no.
Comment 1 chris 2012-09-22 16:23:13 UTC 
I forget to say. I m in the gnome-shell.
Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2012-10-26 18:55:50 UTC 
*** Bug 686930 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Florian Müllner 2012-10-26 22:21:16 UTC 
That should definitively be fixed in the shell. While we already have good text to use (defaulting to "Workspace n", but user-customizable via GSettings), we'll have to do a couple of changes to the switcher to actually take keyboard focus - or is there another way to make Orca read out an accessible name?
Comment 4 Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias (IRC: infapi00) 2012-10-27 18:49:10 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)

> we'll have to do a couple of changes to the switcher to actually take keyboard
> focus - 

I think that this change is not needed.

> or is there another way to make Orca read out an accessible name?

There are a similar case with the Alt+Tab switcher. Icons at the switcher doesn't receive the key focus. But we change the state of the icon when the user iterate over it.  Due this we changed the custom gnome-shell script at Orca ir order to expose any STATE_SELECTED change.

So right now (disclaimer: but without looking at the worskpace code) I think  that the easier solution is just change the SELECTED state on each workspace indicator.
Comment 5 chris 2013-01-08 00:20:39 UTC 
Is there a way to get this in gnome 3.8? It would really helpfull to me. Sorry for the noise.
Comment 6 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-07-05 14:04:14 UTC 
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