Re: Setting a single selection between different objects in Firefox using IAccessible2

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Chris Hardy <[email protected]> wrote:

> Bugs created:
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> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Alexander Surkov <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Chris Hardy <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
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>>> Hi Alexander, thanks for your response.
>>>
>>> With multiple selections, I get weird effects in the Gmail compose
>>> window. Gmail compose inhibits multiple selection by mouse, so my guess is
>>> that it just doesn't know how to handle it. I'm sure there are many other
>>> CE-based editors that will also have similar issues.
>>>
>>> What would it take to update FF to combine continuously selected ranges
>>> like you suggest?
>>>
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>> Please file a bug on it
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Core
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> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1163706
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thanks



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>>> Another thought... what if FF allowed the use of IA2_TEXT_OFFSET_CARET
>>> in setSelection, even when the actual offset is outside of the current
>>> object? It is very likely that the caret should be at one end of the
>>> selection anyways. Then I could do something like this:
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>>> text2.setCaretOffset(2);
>>> text1.setSelection(0, 2, IA2_TEXT_OFFSET_CARET);
>>>
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>> That sounds reasonable but I'm surprised it doesn't work. It makes to
>> file a bug on this too.
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> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1163713
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I think I misread the original proposal. Technically Firefox behavior may
be considered correct because the caret offset is relative the DIV
accessible object what means the link is selected entirely. I don't see
however anything bad if magic caret offset did what you describe. What do
others think on this?


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>>> Regards,
>>> Chris
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>>> On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 9:50:37 AM UTC-6, Alexander Surkov wrote:
>>> > I guess Firefox could combine continuously connected ranges into one
>>> bug
>>> > what's wrong in multiple selection?
>>> > Thanks.
>>> > Alexander.
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Chris Hardy <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > I'm having difficulty with setting selections in FF using
>>> IAccessibility2,
>>> > > would anyone here mind taking a look at my question posted over at
>>> SO?
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30159146/setting-a-single-selection-between-different-objects-in-firefox-using-iaccessibl
>>> > >
>>> > > Cheers
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