Features/Accessibility control panel

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Summary

Allow to Sugar user configure the keyboard accessibility options.

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: 0.88
  • Last updated: 28/12/2009
  • Percentage of completion: 60%

Detailed Description

Added to control panel new section: "Accesibilidad". This item allow configurate Mouse keys, Sticky Keys and Bounce Keys.

  • Mouse keys: move the mouse pointer with the numeric keypad.
  • Sticky keys: allows the user to press key, such as Shift, Ctrl, Alt, and remain active until another key is pressed.
  • Bounce Keys: allows you to configure the keyboard to ignore rapid, repeated keypresses of the same key.

Benefit to Sugar

Users with handicapped will be able to use the keyboard more accessible and move the mouse pointer with the numeric keypad.

Scope

We'll need to add an extension for the control panel and use the process "ax" to set configuration (mouseKeys, stickyKeys and bounceKeys).

UI Design

Enable Mouse-Keys

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Enable Sticky-Keys

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Enable Bounce-Keys

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Enable Virtual-Keyboard

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Open keyboard.

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Keyboard appears as a modal-window (that is, it would never disappear now, unless explicitly closed).

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Set settings to Speak-as-you-type

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As keys are pressed, character is spoken

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As keys are pressed, character is spoken

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Enable Contrast

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My-Settings view

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Enable Capital-Letters

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My-Settings view

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Enable White-Mouse

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My-Settings view (white-mouse could not be taken in snapshot)

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Disable all features; return to normal mode

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How To Test

Features/Accessibility control panel/Testing

User Experience

Users will see a new control panel section to configurate accessibility options.

Dependencies

None.

Contingency Plan

None necessary, revert to previous release behaviour.

Documentation

Release Notes

Comments and Discussion