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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

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