Improve accessibility in the Preferences dialog #6913
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This commit makes the Preferences dialog more usable by accessibility devices like screen readers. Previously, a screen reader would only read the content of the text boxes. By using JLabel's setLabelFor() feature (and in some extreme cases, setAccessibleName()), a screen reader will know that a label is assigned to a text field. For example, instead of just reading "12", it will now read "Editor font size: 12".
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I absolutely LOVE this kind of contributions. Thank you very very much @coreyknapp . |
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I actually have a few more updates planned, this was just low-hanging fruit that I could go ahead and knock out. As of right now, the biggest accessibility obstacle is with the Board and Library Managers. There's two problems: The screen reader can't read what's inside the table cells, and the buttons inside the table cells cannot be accessed with the keyboard. I can fix the first problem pretty easily by taking advantage of Swing's accessibility tools but the second problem is rooted in how the table is being rendered. I don't think there's an easy solution. |
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Got it! Thank you very much for the effort. Let us know if there is anything we can do on the Board/Lib manager UI side to ease your development! |
This commit makes the Preferences dialog more usable by accessibility devices like screen readers.
Previously, a screen reader would only read the content of the text boxes. By using JLabel's setLabelFor() feature (and in some extreme cases, setAccessibleName()), a screen reader will know that a label is assigned to a text field. For example, instead of just reading "12", it will now read "Editor font size: 12".