Visual Studio Accessibility
I'm Aaron Brethorst, the Program Manager responsible for Accessibility and User Interface...
Date: 02/09/2005
Consider this article your one-stop shop for all things IAccessible. Below is a summary of the most...
Date: 09/20/2004
These postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. The content of this...
Date: 09/20/2004
Consider this my testament as an Accessibility Tester. I am a Software Designer Engineer in Test on...
Date: 09/20/2004
What s the Accessibility Lab? The Accessibility Technology Group on campus has a lab with numerous...
Date: 09/20/2004
I attended a few get-togethers with some Assistive Technology vendors a while back when they were on...
Date: 09/20/2004
I'm often asked about the relationship among Normal (same as Visible), Unavailable, and Offscreen,...
Date: 09/20/2004
I’m often asked “What's the correct name for this control?” There are many variations to this...
Date: 09/20/2004
The more I study UI Consistency and improving the user experience, and the more feedback I hear from...
Date: 09/20/2004
Last week, Aaron, our Accessibility Program Manager, and I did an informal usability study with a...
Date: 09/20/2004
My “Testing for Accessibility” article, also known internally as a “whitepaper”, is now found under...
Date: 09/20/2004
Christopher Keroack, the Test Manager for the Windows Accessibility team, asked me if I could post...
Date: 09/20/2004
If you said, “A Control's Keyboard Shortcut”, that’s incorrect! I get asked this question from time...
Date: 09/20/2004
Let me answer this with a story… it began with a question in my inbox I hadn’t seen before, “Are...
Date: 09/20/2004
“Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key” does more than just hide underlined letters
You can find this control on the Display Properties – Appearance Tab – Effects dialog. It not only...
Date: 09/20/2004
Check out Saurabh's post on the “hide underline letters” checkbox issue. If you've ever wondered,...
Date: 09/20/2004
Raymond Chen has a post with sample code on How to Retrieve Text under the cursor (mouse pointer)...
Date: 09/20/2004
Have you ever used AccExplorer or Inspect and wondered whether the information presented was...
Date: 09/20/2004
As I demo'ed at CSUN, here are the Accessibility Macros for Visual Studio .NET 2003. These macros...
Date: 09/20/2004
Fiona, one of the devs on my team VSCore, has put together a really nice sample on how to implement...
Date: 09/20/2004
From time to time, I get questions of “Which properties do I need to support for my control?” or...
Date: 09/20/2004
In the past, I’ve focused on testing MSAA Properties. Now we’re ready to take screen reading testing...
Date: 09/20/2004
I’m calling these keyboard shortcuts “hidden” because they are not bound to any commands, so you...
Date: 09/20/2004
Here’s a collective summary of what the different MSAA Properties really mean. Reference:...
Date: 09/20/2004