Accessibility issue in tortoisesvn

[Georg Kellerer]

Hello,

i am using Tortoisesvn together with a screen reader software (Jaws). as i found out the newer versions of Tortoisesvn use Scintilla edit controls. it seems that the accessibility features have not been turned on. please see this link: https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html#Accessibility this options helps screen reading software to follow the system cursor. when i try to write text i can not determine where in the text i am nor can i read my written text. two examples for that are the messages in the commit dialog or the "View changes as unified diff dialog" but i think it is a generic problem in the application. would it be possible to fix this issue in the next release?

thanks a lot four your help,

Georg

[Stefan]

The Scintilla API SCI_SETACCESSIBILITY is a no-op operation on windows, meaning it does nothing.

However, you can try to disable the Direct2D feature and force Scintilla to use the old drawing code and of course the default windows cursor.

To do that, open the TortoiseSVN settings dialog, go to "Advanced" and there search for the entry "ScintillaDirect2D" and set it to "false".

Maybe that helps.

Stefan

[Georg Kellerer]

Hello Stefan,

 

i couldn’t find that in the docs of Scintilla but anyway i tried your wirkarround in the advanced settings and it worked.

 

Thanks a lot for your help,

Georg