[libreoffice-accessibility] Re: [a11y] LibreOffice Calc exposes 2^31 children, freezes on `GetChildren`

Hi Michael,

On 14/06/2024 22:25, Michael Weghorn wrote:
> I agree that proper handling of focus is essential and having that work 
> properly is definitely a priority.
...
> > and vast-majority use-cases: of getting really good & complete API and 
> > feature coverage on the focused widget, before moving off into the 
> > more tricky stuff :-)
>
> As mentioned above: If you're aware of major issues regarding support 
> for APIs use cases for the focused widget, please don't hesitate to 
> mention them so they can be taken into account.

        I occasionally browse:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=101912&hide_resolved=1

	Which suggests there is no shortage of good things to do around the 
focused accessible peer. eg. "Formatted cell text is not exposed to ATs" =)

        I expect there is a lot of lowish hanging fruit still; is there not ?

> As a side note, my expectation is that that apart from identifying the 
> right way to somehow make the whole document available to ATs, many 
> aspects (or current LO shortcomings) that will show up in an effort to 
> implement browse mode will be relevant independent of the exact API used 
> to expose off-screen content, and addressing those issues will also be 
> relevant for interacting with on-screen content (e.g. 
> incomplete/incorrect support for specific a11y interfaces, as one 
> example you mentioned earlier).

        =)

                Michael.

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