Re: Need just a little more Interface Builder assistance
Re: Need just a little more Interface Builder assistance
- Subject: Re: Need just a little more Interface Builder assistance
- From: "Sherm Pendley" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:13:14 -0500
Not really a direct answer to your question, but have you looked at
Renaissance?
<http://www.gnustep.it/Renaissance/>
Don't worry - the docs are in English, despite the .it domain. :-)
sherm--
On Dec 14, 2007 3:40 PM, Josh de Lioncourt <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I posted the below message to the XCode list but never got any
> replies. I'm posting it here in the hopes that someone will be able
> to guide me through keyboard navigation of IB. Thanks.
>
> Josh de Lioncourt
> email@hidden
>
> ...my other mail provider is an owl...
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Josh de Lioncourt <email@hidden>
> > Date: 13 December, 2007 6:55:08 PM PST
> > To: email@hidden
> > Subject: Need some Interface Builder assistance
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm a totally blind developer, trying to come to grips with Cocoa
> > and XCode using the Mac's built-in screen reader, VoiceOver.
> > Interface Builder is proving to be quite a problem, which I've
> > discussed with a number of people on various lists and through
> > various channels.
> >
> > I've been told that, while not a very good solution, I should be
> > able to work my way through adding a control to an interface with
> > the keyboard by selecting it in the Library window and pressing
> > Enter. Once it is added, I can position and size the control
> > through the Inspector windows.
> >
> > While the scroll area that contains the controls is not accessible
> > with VoiceOver, the descriptions beneath it are. I can monitor the
> > change in description to select the control I need, and pressing
> > enter in some situations adds the control to the top level of the
> > NIB. That isn't very useful if I want, for instance, a NSTextView
> > in a window, and so far as i've been able to determine, there is no
> > way, via the keyboard, to add a control object to a window...or,
> > even, to make any control a child of any other.
> >
> > I've been told this should be possible, and I'm hoping someone here
> > can give me some guidance as to how. It may be obvious, and I'm
> > missing it because the IB application is lacking in accessibility.
> >
> > I'm coming from a long history of WIndows development, so please
> > bear with me. :)
> >
> >
> > Josh de Lioncourt
> > email@hidden
> >
> > ...my other mail provider is an owl...
> >
> >
> >
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