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Kleopatra: Ensure that result of notepad operation is accessible
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A screen reader should automatically report the result of the events triggered by a button-click.

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ebo triaged this task as Normal priority.Aug 4 2025, 5:21 PM
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ikloecker renamed this task from Kleopatra: add a11y notifications for notepad to Kleopatra: Ensure that result of notepad operation is accessible.Aug 6 2025, 9:50 AM
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ikloecker changed the task status from Open to Testing.Aug 6 2025, 10:01 AM

Solved by focusing the result message after the notepad operation is complete. I think that's an acceptable compromise for ensuring that users of assistive tools are informed about the result even if the focus is moved to a different UI element (which, in general, should be avoided because users can get lost).

Additionally, the progress message is focus while the notepad is processed. Most likely the progress message is never fully read to the user because either some other window pops up (e.g. pinentry or import progress dialog) or the operation is quickly completed.

ikloecker mentioned this in Unknown Object (Maniphest Task).Aug 11 2025, 9:22 AM
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Looks good to me on gpg4win-5.0.0-beta369 @ win10:

Notepad  window
Text to process  edit  Either enter a text you want to sign or encrypt, or an encrypted or signed text you want to decrypt or verify. You can also enter certificates in text form to import them.  blank
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Signing and encrypting notepad...
Successfully encrypted and signed the notepad