| SWT Source code examples [message #444462] |
Wed, 13 October 2004 15:25  |
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Originally posted by: James.Corbett.CCRA-ADRC.GC.CA
Hello all:
First of all allow me to introduce myself. I am a programmer / analyst
with the Government of Canada CRA. I suppose as a side bar I should
mention that I am completely blind. I interact with a PC via a screen
review application known as JFW (Jaws for Windows).
Up until just about three weeks ago I had my back to the wall with Java
and its lack of accessibility while using AWT and SWING. By hook or crook
I stumbled across Eclipse and then SWT. Very much to my surprise I am now
creating test applications that are accessible.
I am having such great success that I have been tasked with rewriting an
existing application that used SWING. The endevor is to make the
application accessible and see how far we / I can go.
Anyhow, enough with all of that.
the web has tonnes of snipets of code but I am interested in the SWT
source example files that was apparently shipped with Eclipse 3.0.
According to the help system I should be able to locate it with in my
Plugins folder but a folder by folder hunt has turned up no such file nor
has the Search feature of Win2k.
Is this zipped file availible from another source?
Many thanks in advance.
Jim
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| Re: SWT Source code examples [message #444480 is a reply to message #444469] |
Wed, 13 October 2004 16:47  |
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Originally posted by: James.Corbett.CCRA-ADRC.GC.CA
To be quite honest, Eclipse 3.0 is the most accessible IDE that I have
encountered in 11 years of blind programming. Visual Basic 6.0 for example
is about 75 percent accessible and for the past five years I have used it
with great results. On the other hand Eclipse 3.0 is in my humble opinion
about 90 percent accessible. My only quip is the use of red squiggly lines
under errors and the help system.
Obviously a graphic is meaningless to me so I sometimes get caught by not
knowing that they are there in the first place. As for the help system,
its a pane because I cant move to the panel with the actual information
contained with in. Typically I would use PF 6 to move from pane to pane
but it doesn't seem to work in this IDE. However all and all I am very
happy.
Jim
Veronika Irvine wrote:
> You need to download the eclipse examples separate from the eclipse SDK. On
> any eclipse download page, if you scroll down a bit, you will find the
> "Example Plug-ins" section.
> For example, follow the link below to the latest integration build for 3.1
> and just below the JUnit Plugin Tests you will find the example download:
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http://download.eclipse.org/downloads/drops/I-I20041013-2004 10130800/index.php
> There is also an SWT FAQ about using the examples:
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http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/plat form-swt-home/faq.html#standalone
> There are additional SWT examples on the SWT developer's page in the
> "Snippets" section:
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http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/plat form-swt-home/dev.html#snippets
> Please enter bug reports when you find accessibility problems. We do our
> best to test in this area but we are not always sure what a user expects
> since we are not domain experts.
> "Jim Corbett" <James.Corbett@CCRA-ADRC.GC.CA> wrote in message
> news:ckjhe1$jug$1@eclipse.org...
> > Hello all:
> >
> > First of all allow me to introduce myself. I am a programmer / analyst
> > with the Government of Canada CRA. I suppose as a side bar I should
> > mention that I am completely blind. I interact with a PC via a screen
> > review application known as JFW (Jaws for Windows).
> >
> > Up until just about three weeks ago I had my back to the wall with Java
> > and its lack of accessibility while using AWT and SWING. By hook or crook
> > I stumbled across Eclipse and then SWT. Very much to my surprise I am now
> > creating test applications that are accessible.
> >
> > I am having such great success that I have been tasked with rewriting an
> > existing application that used SWING. The endevor is to make the
> > application accessible and see how far we / I can go.
> >
> > Anyhow, enough with all of that.
> >
> > the web has tonnes of snipets of code but I am interested in the SWT
> > source example files that was apparently shipped with Eclipse 3.0.
> > According to the help system I should be able to locate it with in my
> > Plugins folder but a folder by folder hunt has turned up no such file nor
> > has the Search feature of Win2k.
> >
> > Is this zipped file availible from another source?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jim
> >
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