[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 140659] Formula editor not operable with screenreaders NVDA or Orca

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140659

--- Comment #18 from juergenkohler23 at gmail.com ---
(In reply to Caolán McNamara from comment #15)
> "Switching between the input line and the operator commands is not possible
> with the keyboard."
> 
> Here, with focus by default starting in the input line, then for me Shift+F6
> will toggle focus to the operator panel and F6 back to the input line.
> 
> "In the operator list, I cannot select mathematical symbols with the arrow
> keys.
> If I want to select a symbol in the list (for example by pressing the Enter
> key), my cursor still remains in the command field and the targeted symbol
> is not selected."
> 
> What I experience is that after Shift+F6 to move focus into the panel, focus
> starts on the combobox, tab brings focus into the list of symbols, at which
> point the arrow keys move the selection around the list of symbols and
> return inserts that symbol and moves focus back to the input line.



Thanks Caolán for your comment! The reference to Shift+F6 was helpful; I had
not tested this key combination before.

As a sighted person, using the key combinations you mentioned, the formula
editor seems to be operable. If I turn on NVDA to do this, it looks different,
unfortunately: NVDA reads out the subcategories in the list (e.g. "unary/binary
operators", "functions" etc.), but as soon as I move to the selection of
relations, functions etc. using the shift key, NVDA remains mute.
Whether this is due to NVDA or to the formula editor, I can't say...

Many greetings

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