Re: Accessibility wih netbeans

Hi Markus,

I prefer to use the mouse as little as possible and I can confirm NetBeans
can be used with just a keyboard. All functionality which is normally
operated using a mouse (i.e. CTRL+CLICK for "Go to declaration") also has a
corresponding menu item (Navigate -> Go to declaration) and in most cases
also a keyboard shortcut (CTRL+B for "Go to declaration").

Switching focus between panels and tabs can be done with CTRL+TAB.

Missing shortcuts can be easily added in Tools->Options->Keymap which is
also the only part I find hard to navigate with the keyboard. I never found
a way to directly focus on the main menu items (General, Editor, etc), the
only way I found to open the various menus is to navigate to the "Filter"
field using SHIFT+TAB and then use it to select the menu. In example,
typing "keymap" in the "Filter" field and pressing ENTER will open the
"Keymap" menu.

I have no idea if there is a screen reader that works with NetBeans, Gnome
accessibility tools don't seem to work well with Java applications.


Have a nice day,


Paolo


On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 4:20 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> I am physically disabled and am just looking for good Netbeans is disabled
> to operate. In addition I have the following questions : 1. Where can I
> find documentation as blind people netbeans can completely operate the
> keyboard. 2. Where can I find an overview of what has to netbeans
> accessibility to offer ? Thanks in advance!
>
> accessible greetings
>
>
> Markus Lemcke
> http://www.marlem-software.de
> http://www.marlem-software.de/marlemblog/
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>