1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<html><body bgcolor="#fffaf0"> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir<h1>Help for the AWB v1.7</h1> 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<p>The AWB, or <em>A</em>ccessibility <em>W</em>ork <em>B</em>ench, is a tool 5*cdf0e10cSrcweirfor testing the implementation UNO Accessibility API.</p> 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir<p>The main window is roughly divided into three areas: 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir<ul> 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>The <a href="#treeview">tree view</a> on the left shows a part of the 10*cdf0e10cSrcweiraccessibility tree of one or more StarOffice/OpenOffice applications.</li> 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>The <a href="#graphicalview">graphical view</a> on the right side shows 12*cdf0e10cSrcweira graphical representation of the accessibility objects in the tree. To 13*cdf0e10cSrcweirmake objects missing in the graphical view visible expand the corresponding 14*cdf0e10cSrcweirnodes in the tree view.</li> 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>The text window at the bottom logs important messages.</li> 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir</ul> 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir</p> 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir<h2><a name="treeview">Tree View</a></h2> 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir<p>The tree view has a top-level node for every open 22*cdf0e10cSrcweir document window of StarOffice/OpenOffice. Expand those nodes to make them 23*cdf0e10cSrcweir visible in the <a href="#graphicalview">graphical view</a>.</p> 24*cdf0e10cSrcweir 25*cdf0e10cSrcweir<h3>Nodes</h3> 26*cdf0e10cSrcweir<p>The nodes in the tree view belong to different classes, some of which 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir have children others do not: 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir<ul> 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li><b>Accessible Object</b><br> 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir The node represents an accessible object and has corresponding shape in 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir the graphical view. Only this kind of node gets highlighted by clicking 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir on those shapes.</li> 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li><b>Simple Property</b><br> 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir These leaves represent simple properties of their parent nodes. Examples 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir are the position, size, and color of an accessible object.</li> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li><b>Complex Properties</b><br> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir These nodes have children that are not accessible objects. Examples are 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir the lists of interfaces or services supported by an accessible object.</li> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir</ul> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir</p> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir<h3>Actions</h3> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<p>The tree view supports the following actions: 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<ul><li>Left double click expands the node under the mouse pointer.</li> 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>Right click shows a context menu. Entries, when supported, are: 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir<ul> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li><b>Expand Shapes</b><br> 48*cdf0e10cSrcweirExpands all nodes in the sub-tree that lie on a path from the root to a shape.</li> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li><b>Expand Subtree</b><br> 50*cdf0e10cSrcweirExpands all nodes in the sub-tree.</li> 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li><b>Select...</b><br> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweirShow a dialog that gives access to the XAccessibleSelection interface.</li> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li><b>select...</b>, <b>copy...</b>, <b>cut...</b>, <b>paste...</b>, 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir <b>edit...</b>, <b>format...</b><br> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweirShow dialogs that give access to the XAccessibleText and 56*cdf0e10cSrcweirXAccessibleEditableText interfaces. 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir</ul></li> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir</ul> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir</p> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<h2><a name="graphicalview">Graphical View</a></h2> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir<p>The graphical view shows several properties of accessibility objects: 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<ul> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>The bounding box is represented as a rectangle.</li> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>The background color of the accessible object is taken to draw the 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir bounding box rectangle.</li> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>The foreground color is used to fill the bounding box.</li> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>The accessible name is shown when the menu checkbox Options->Show Name 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir is check.</li> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>The accessible description is shown when the menu checkbox Options->Show 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir Descriptons is checked.</li> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>If the XAccessibleText interface is supported and the menu checkbox 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir Options->Show Text is checked then the text of the accessible object is 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir shown.</li> 77*cdf0e10cSrcweir</ul> 78*cdf0e10cSrcweir</p> 79*cdf0e10cSrcweir 80*cdf0e10cSrcweir<h3>Actions</h3> 81*cdf0e10cSrcweir<p>The graphical view supports three the following actions: 82*cdf0e10cSrcweir<ul> 83*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>Left click (no modifiers) highlights the object under the mouse as well 84*cdf0e10cSrcweir as the corresponding node in the tree view.</li> 85*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>Left click with Control modifier expands the object under the 86*cdf0e10cSrcweir mouse.</li> 87*cdf0e10cSrcweir<li>Mouse motion with Shift modifier highlights the object under the mouse 88*cdf0e10cSrcweir as well as the corresponding node in the tree view.</li> 89*cdf0e10cSrcweir</ul> 90*cdf0e10cSrcweir 91*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body></html>