External Bugs
This page lists bugs, enhancements or tasks regarding external packages that were filed by NVDA developers or are of interest for NVDA.
IAccessible2
- LFBug:125: IA2 proxy DLL and the USB key fob problem
- LFBug:152: IAccessibleText::caretOffset should give -1 when no caret is available
Mozilla
core
- MozillaBug:451376: IAccessibleText::attributes provides wrong info after mis-spelled word.
- MozillaBug:414491: Too many accessible events when typing in Firefox3 location bar
- MozillaBug:414721: state change to denote deselection of list items gets fired after user requests focus change but before focus change event gets fired
- MozillaBug:423409: All user interaction script events should be exposed as accessible actions
- MozillaBug:360510: checkbox table cells in subscribe dialog do not provide checked/unchecked state
- MozillaBug:431659: Browse button in "Choose Helper Application" dialog cannot be activated via the keyboard
- MozillaBug:420845: Fire event_reorder on any embedded frames/iframes whos document has just loaded
- MozillaBug:433418: Accessibles for focused HTML Select elements are not getting focused state
- MozillaBug:439205: IAccessible2 role exposed as IA2_ROLE_UNKNOWN for child elements in lists styled as tables
- MozillaBug:414302: Incorrect selection events in HTML, XUL and ARIA (originally filed because of XUL tabs)
- MozillaBug:444067: MSAA: AccessibleObjectFromEvent? returning the wrong object when used out-of-process for focus after Bookmarks/History sidebar is enabled
- MozillaBug:448744: IAccessibleText::caretOffset should return -1 if the system caret is not currently with in that particular object.
- MozillaBug:452767: Do not include editable nodes when gathering text from children for the parent's accessible name
- MozillaBug:466772: No events fired on a combo box when it is closed
- MozillaBug:474893: When tabbing, HTML <select> lists should fire a focus event on the selected child
- MozillaBug:475869: NODE_CHILD_OF relationship broken for the list inside some combo boxes created with HTML <select>
Firefox
- MozillaBug:415059: performance issues when focused on keyword bookmark for rfc.net search field
- MozillaBug:447580: New Control+Tab switcher does not fire an accessible event when switching between pages, only initial alert gets fired for ATs
- MozillaBug:470158: Alert accessible event should not be fired for bookmark page dialog
Thunderbird
- MozillaBug:339227: Moving entries between address books using the keyboard (cut/copy/paste cards)
- MozillaBug:467880: "New Version" page has incorrect accessible role on body node
- MozillaBug:370437: Button popup for selecting columns to display (in message list pane) must be keyboard accessible
µTorrent
Notepad++
- Bug 2074610: accessibility: Cannot tab to controls in Preferences dialog
VirtualBox
- VirtualBox:ticket:629: the virtualbox GUI isn't accessible to those using screen readers
- VirtualBox:ticket:3588: WindowFromAccessibleObject() fails for VirtualBox IAccessible objects
- VirtualBox:ticket:3589: Editable text controls are inaccessible using API based accessibility
- VirtualBox:ticket:3590: Many lists and trees are inaccessible
- VirtualBox:ticket:3591: Tab control in main window does not report the focused tab via accessibility APIs
- VirtualBox:ticket:3592: Menus not accessible from keyboard in running machine window
wxWidgets/wxPython
- #10052: bogus timer id assertion in wxTimerProc if timer stopped when it is about to fire
- #10065: gdiplus.dll installed into wrong destination directory
Skype
- SkypeIssue:scw-1427: Dynamically enable accessibility without using the screen reader flag
- SkypeIssue:scw-1429: accessibility: No accessible name for items in "Online Status" menu
- SkypeIssue:scw-1430: accessibility: Menu bar inaccessible when visual style set to Skype
Adobe
Flash Player
- AdobeIssue:FP-3250: accessibility: Flash Player 10.1 installer completely inaccessible

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