Help for the AWB v1.7

The AWB, or Accessibility Work Bench, is a tool for testing the implementation UNO Accessibility API.

The main window is roughly divided into three areas:

• The tree view on the left shows a part of the accessibility tree of one or more StarOffice/OpenOffice applications.
• The graphical view on the right side shows a graphical representation of the accessibility objects in the tree. To make objects missing in the graphical view visible expand the corresponding nodes in the tree view.
• The text window at the bottom logs important messages.

Tree View

The tree view has a top-level node for every open document window of StarOffice/OpenOffice. Expand those nodes to make them visible in the graphical view.

Nodes

The nodes in the tree view belong to different classes, some of which have children others do not:

• Accessible Object
  The node represents an accessible object and has corresponding shape in the graphical view. Only this kind of node gets highlighted by clicking on those shapes.
• Simple Property
  These leaves represent simple properties of their parent nodes. Examples are the position, size, and color of an accessible object.
• Complex Properties
  These nodes have children that are not accessible objects. Examples are the lists of interfaces or services supported by an accessible object.

Actions

The tree view supports the following actions:

• Left double click expands the node under the mouse pointer.
• Right click shows a context menu. Entries, when supported, are:
  • Expand Shapes
    Expands all nodes in the sub-tree that lie on a path from the root to a shape.
  • Expand Subtree
    Expands all nodes in the sub-tree.
  • Select...
    Show a dialog that gives access to the XAccessibleSelection interface.
  • select..., copy..., cut..., paste..., edit..., format...
    Show dialogs that give access to the XAccessibleText and XAccessibleEditableText interfaces.

Graphical View

The graphical view shows several properties of accessibility objects:

• The bounding box is represented as a rectangle.
• The background color of the accessible object is taken to draw the bounding box rectangle.
• The foreground color is used to fill the bounding box.
• The accessible name is shown when the menu checkbox Options->Show Name is check.
• The accessible description is shown when the menu checkbox Options->Show Descriptons is checked.
• If the XAccessibleText interface is supported and the menu checkbox Options->Show Text is checked then the text of the accessible object is shown.

Actions

The graphical view supports three the following actions:

• Left click (no modifiers) highlights the object under the mouse as well as the corresponding node in the tree view.
• Left click with Control modifier expands the object under the mouse.
• Mouse motion with Shift modifier highlights the object under the mouse as well as the corresponding node in the tree view.