Bug 158794 - [Accessibility] Add accessible image
Summary: [Accessibility] Add accessible image
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: SWT (show other bugs)
Version: 3.3   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux-GTK
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-SWT-Inbox CLA
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Keywords: accessibility, triaged
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Blocks: 158836 517380
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Reported: 2006-09-26 12:06 EDT by Larry Weiss CLA
Modified: 2019-02-14 10:55 EST (History)
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Description Larry Weiss CLA 2006-09-26 12:06:36 EDT 
The standard native widgets on Linux (RHEL 5 or FC5) that include an image already expose the Image interface with default values. (See http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/atk/AtkImage.html.) But custom widget authors (including Draw2d and GMF authors) need a mechanism to expose images in their custom widgets to native assistive technologies (like a screen reader).

I suggest adding a new AccessibleImageListener to the org.eclipse.swt.accessibility package to allow custom widget authors the ability to expose the rich AtkImage interface. Also, SWT widgets that include an image should allow customization of the image information through this new interface.

The mechanism to implement this functionality on Windows will be added soon.