[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 71409] Excessive duplicate accessible focused events for Calc input line [a11y]

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71409

--- Comment #75 from am_dxer <am_dxer at fastmail.fm> ---
(In reply to Alex ARNAUD from comment #74)
> (In reply to am_dxer from comment #73)
> > I still vote for reverting the commit we've been talking about in comment
> > 56. I understand that it is not correct but it does make Calc usable with
> > Orca. It seems that this is a complicated issue that won't be solved for a
> > while due to a lack of time. The problem is that right now, users like me
> > who are totally blind cannot use Calc at all.
> 
> I agree with am_dxer. At this time on GNU/Linux, maybe also on macOS, Calc
> is not usable due to this issue so it is preferable to have initialization
> issues on GTK3 instead of a completely unusable program.
> 
> I understand the point of view of Caolan and Joanie but if no one can work
> on this issue how could we expect to use Calc with the GTK3 VCL ?
> 
> Best regards.

Most blind people are using the GTK3 version of LibreOffice anyway since they
are likely using Gnome or Mate. Even though this revert doesn't fix the Mac
issue, blind people on that platform can just use Apples Numbers until this is
resolved the proper way. We don't have an alternative on Linux.

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