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While I experienced this, I was using Jaws For Windows version 3.7.47. The Eclipse build was: 20020125 I created a simple java class that would simply say "Hello World'. So, all it had was a public static void main () ; When I purposely placed in a compiler error: - I tabbed down to the tasks window. - My compiler error was read to me by Jaws with dots in it. And thus, it was incomplete. - According to a sighted co-worker of mine, it would be possible to size the tasks window with a mouse. - I was able to maximize the tasks window with alt-dash, and then by eelecting maximize. - I still was not able to hear my entire compilation error. - My sighted colleague and I could not find a way to further size this window with the Keyboard. - Sighted assistants is not always available for this sort of thing, so it seemed problematic. I do like how you can press enter on your task and be placed into the editor on your compiler error.
Task list is contributed by Platform UI. As another possible way to get at the error message you can step through errors in the Java editor (Next Problem CTRL+E). When stepping through the errors the current error message is shown in the status line. Another potential workaround. Is to step through the errors in the Java Editor with Next Problem (CTRL+E). Moving to Platform UI
Randy, Is there a way to get JAWS to read the tooltip from the Table control? When the native widget clips the string it is displayed as a tooltip. This is similiar to what happens in the native file explorer on Windows. Would it be acceptable to press F1 on the error task and be brought to a help window for the error instead?
Kevin, Pressing F1 on an error to hear your entire error would be a good work around. Providing that jaws could read the pop-up, or whatever would come up after F1 was pressed. JAWS does well with the standard help guys that come up for context help within a Windows Property Dialog, for example. It would then be good to have an easy way of clearing that little error pop-up guy, so that you could jump back onto the tasks list. Or, alternatively, a way to clear that Pop up box, and go direclty to the error in the Java Editor. Note, JAWS had a lot of trouble with the Help Perspective which I will be posting another bug on shortly. This is probably unrelated, unless the same sort of thing was planned here when F1 was pressed.
Also note that when the task list is active, the selected task's description is shown in the status line, which may give it more space. JAWS has a key for reading the status line: Insert+Page Down The status line is also filled in when cycling through errors in the Java editor using Ctrl+E. Does this address the problem, or is it still cut off? If it's still cut off, what is the error?
Moved to later as it does not block 508
Reopening in order to close.
The task list now has a task properties dialog, which presents the description of the task in a text field, and also presents the other properties in a more accessible way.
