[Accessibility] Need to be able to register for key events globally

[Piñeiro]

On 12/11/2013 07:14 PM, Giulio Camuffo wrote:
> Not currently.
> I'm not sure what you mean with consumed. Do you mean that a not
> consumed event is still received by the client that has the focus
> while a consumed one is not?

Yes, means that. On the example with Orca (GNOME screen reader), if you
press NumPad8, let's say on a text editor, Orca speak the current line,
but the editor doesn't receive that key (so doesn't change the text
being edited).

> If so, i guess a protocol could be developed where the compositor
> sends an event with the key that is pressed and then the client can
> reply with a request to send it to the focused client too.
>
> Giulio
>
> 2013/12/10 Piñeiro <apinheiro at igalia.com>:
>> GNOME Assistive Technologies need to be able to listen to key events
>> globally and have the possibility of consuming them. Example use
>> cases:
>>
>> * Orca's presentation of navigation (Events not consumed)
>>   - Right Arrow: Speak character moved to (right of cursor)
>>   - Shift Right Arrow: Speak character selected (left of cursor)
>>   - Down Arrow: Speak next line
>>   - Etc.
>> * Orca's navigational commands (Events consumed)
>>   - H/Shift + H: Move amongst headings
>>   - NumPad 8: Speak the current line
>>   - NumPad 5: Speak the current word
>>   - NumPad 2: Speak the current character
>>   - Etc.
>>
>> Current solution: The Orca screen reader calls AT-SPI2's
>> atspi_register_keystroke_listener(). AT-SPI2 then notifies Orca of key
>> events it receives from the toolkit implementation of ATK method
>> atk_add_key_event_listener(). Applications then have to wait for Orca
>> to consume the event or not. This requires two DBUS messages. Toolkit
>> authors want to abolish this. That's fine, *if* we have an
>> alternative. Do we?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias (apinheiro at igalia.com)
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