Bug 38766

Summary: AX: allow fuzzy hit testing
Product: WebKit Reporter: chris fleizach <cfleizach>
Component: AccessibilityAssignee: chris fleizach <cfleizach>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: Normal CC: bdakin, ddkilzer, dglazkov, gustavo, webkit.review.bot, xan.lopez
Priority: P2    
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)   
Hardware: PC   
OS: OS X 10.5   
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chris fleizach
Reported Friday, May 7, 2010 8:16:25 PM UTC
For platforms that are primarily touch based, the default accessibility hit test mechanism is not very forgiving. touching in between lines of text will give you the web area instead of the block of text for instance. My idea is to have a fuzzy hit testing mechanism, so that after the initial hit test is done, we can see if "is this a good element for fuzzy hit testing". If not, we can start searching the element's children and try to find which one is closest, within some limit. This has the potential for providing a much better web experience for a user touching the screen without sight
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2010-05-07 16:01 PDT, chris fleizach 		no flags
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chris fleizach
Comment 1 Friday, May 7, 2010 8:17:48 PM UTC
there is potential to use this on the desktop, since VoiceOver has a "touch" interface by using the trackpad, but the more immediate clients will be embedded clients who rely on touch as the primary interface
chris fleizach
Comment 2 Saturday, May 8, 2010 12:01:56 AM UTC
Created attachment 55427 [details] Patch
WebKit Review Bot
Comment 3 Saturday, May 8, 2010 12:17:32 AM UTC
Attachment 55427 [details] did not build on gtk: Build output: http://webkit-commit-queue.appspot.com/results/2176050
chris fleizach
Comment 4 Saturday, May 8, 2010 12:25:24 AM UTC
Created attachment 55430 [details] Patch
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Comment 5 Saturday, May 8, 2010 1:53:02 AM UTC
Attachment 55430 [details] did not build on chromium: Build output: http://webkit-commit-queue.appspot.com/results/2199058
WebKit Review Bot
Comment 6 Monday, May 10, 2010 11:24:55 AM UTC
Attachment 55430 [details] did not build on win: Build output: http://webkit-commit-queue.appspot.com/results/2200094
chris fleizach
Comment 7 Monday, May 10, 2010 5:28:40 PM UTC
Created attachment 55561 [details] Patch
William Siegrist
Comment 8 Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:20:23 PM UTC
The content of attachment 55427 [details] has been deleted by William Siegrist <wsiegrist@apple.com> without providing any reason. The token used to delete this attachment was generated at 2010-05-19 12:20:14 PST.
William Siegrist
Comment 9 Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:20:35 PM UTC
The content of attachment 55430 [details] has been deleted by William Siegrist <wsiegrist@apple.com> without providing any reason. The token used to delete this attachment was generated at 2010-05-19 12:20:33 PST.
William Siegrist
Comment 10 Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:20:41 PM UTC
The content of attachment 55561 [details] has been deleted by William Siegrist <wsiegrist@apple.com> without providing any reason. The token used to delete this attachment was generated at 2010-05-19 12:20:38 PST.
chris fleizach
Comment 11 Wednesday, July 7, 2010 7:18:27 PM UTC
not to be fixed here
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