<!--*********************************************************** * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ***********************************************************--> <html><body bgcolor="#fffaf0"> <h1>Help for the AWB v1.7</h1> <p>The AWB, or <em>A</em>ccessibility <em>W</em>ork <em>B</em>ench, is a tool for testing the implementation UNO Accessibility API.</p> <p>The main window is roughly divided into three areas: <ul> <li>The <a href="#treeview">tree view</a> on the left shows a part of the accessibility tree of one or more StarOffice/OpenOffice applications.</li> <li>The <a href="#graphicalview">graphical view</a> on the right side shows a graphical representation of the accessibility objects in the tree. To make objects missing in the graphical view visible expand the corresponding nodes in the tree view.</li> <li>The text window at the bottom logs important messages.</li> </ul> </p> <h2><a name="treeview">Tree View</a></h2> <p>The tree view has a top-level node for every open document window of StarOffice/OpenOffice. Expand those nodes to make them visible in the <a href="#graphicalview">graphical view</a>.</p> <h3>Nodes</h3> <p>The nodes in the tree view belong to different classes, some of which have children others do not: <ul> <li><b>Accessible Object</b><br> The node represents an accessible object and has corresponding shape in the graphical view. Only this kind of node gets highlighted by clicking on those shapes.</li> <li><b>Simple Property</b><br> These leaves represent simple properties of their parent nodes. Examples are the position, size, and color of an accessible object.</li> <li><b>Complex Properties</b><br> These nodes have children that are not accessible objects. Examples are the lists of interfaces or services supported by an accessible object.</li> </ul> </p> <h3>Actions</h3> <p>The tree view supports the following actions: <ul><li>Left double click expands the node under the mouse pointer.</li> <li>Right click shows a context menu. Entries, when supported, are: <ul> <li><b>Expand Shapes</b><br> Expands all nodes in the sub-tree that lie on a path from the root to a shape.</li> <li><b>Expand Subtree</b><br> Expands all nodes in the sub-tree.</li> <li><b>Select...</b><br> Show a dialog that gives access to the XAccessibleSelection interface.</li> <li><b>select...</b>, <b>copy...</b>, <b>cut...</b>, <b>paste...</b>, <b>edit...</b>, <b>format...</b><br> Show dialogs that give access to the XAccessibleText and XAccessibleEditableText interfaces. </ul></li> </ul> </p> <h2><a name="graphicalview">Graphical View</a></h2> <p>The graphical view shows several properties of accessibility objects: <ul> <li>The bounding box is represented as a rectangle.</li> <li>The background color of the accessible object is taken to draw the bounding box rectangle.</li> <li>The foreground color is used to fill the bounding box.</li> <li>The accessible name is shown when the menu checkbox Options->Show Name is check.</li> <li>The accessible description is shown when the menu checkbox Options->Show Descriptons is checked.</li> <li>If the XAccessibleText interface is supported and the menu checkbox Options->Show Text is checked then the text of the accessible object is shown.</li> </ul> </p> <h3>Actions</h3> <p>The graphical view supports three the following actions: <ul> <li>Left click (no modifiers) highlights the object under the mouse as well as the corresponding node in the tree view.</li> <li>Left click with Control modifier expands the object under the mouse.</li> <li>Mouse motion with Shift modifier highlights the object under the mouse as well as the corresponding node in the tree view.</li> </ul> </body></html>