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| -rw-r--r-- | src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/platformsupport/linuxaccessibility/dbusconnection.cpp | 8 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp index dffdfa889a..7713bcb358 100644 --- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp +++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible.cpp @@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE Accessibility, and the Unix/X11 AT-SPI standard. Other backends can be supported using QAccessibleBridge. + In the Unix/X11 AT-SPI implementation, applications become accessible + when two conditions are met: + \list + \li org.a11y.Status.IsEnabled DBus property is true + \li org.a11y.Status.ScreenReaderEnabled DBus property is true + \endlist + An alternative to setting the DBus AT-SPI properties is to set + the QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON environment variable. + In addition to QAccessible's static functions, Qt offers one generic interface, QAccessibleInterface, that can be used to wrap all widgets and objects (e.g., QPushButton). This single diff --git a/src/platformsupport/linuxaccessibility/dbusconnection.cpp b/src/platformsupport/linuxaccessibility/dbusconnection.cpp index 18915f8e08..7bdd586a1f 100644 --- a/src/platformsupport/linuxaccessibility/dbusconnection.cpp +++ b/src/platformsupport/linuxaccessibility/dbusconnection.cpp @@ -84,8 +84,14 @@ void DBusConnection::serviceRegistered() QDBusConnection c = QDBusConnection::sessionBus(); OrgA11yStatusInterface *a11yStatus = new OrgA11yStatusInterface(A11Y_SERVICE, A11Y_PATH, c, this); + //The variable was introduced because on some embedded platforms there are custom accessibility + //clients which don't set Status.ScreenReaderEnabled to true. The variable is also useful for + //debugging. + static const bool a11yAlwaysOn = !qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON"); + // a11yStatus->isEnabled() returns always true (since Gnome 3.6) - bool enabled = a11yStatus->screenReaderEnabled(); + bool enabled = a11yAlwaysOn || a11yStatus->screenReaderEnabled(); + if (enabled != m_enabled) { m_enabled = enabled; if (m_a11yConnection.isConnected()) { |