Update ATK/AT-SPI2 mapping of "switch" to ROLE_SWITCH #245

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1. aleventhal commented on Feb 4, 2025

   

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   What will happen for other ATs that consume ark that haven't updated to process the new role?

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   On Tue, Feb 4, 2025, 2:01 AM joanmarie ***@***.***> wrote: ATK/AT-SPI2 now has a native "switch" role <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/at-spi2-core/-/commit/88508bb8b33bdeccfdd49ed6e3a676f446baf722>. Orca supports it <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca/-/commit/a74b246178d90773ccbf595a2c8e2230616d38d9>. It would be great to have user agents start using ROLE_SWITCH instead of ROLE_TOGGLE_BUTTON. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#245>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAKQAZSIP42BGNZ4PDE7XK32OCFZFAVCNFSM6AAAAABWOEZANGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSHAZDSNRXGIZDCMQ> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>
2. joanmarie commented on Feb 4, 2025

   

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   Ideally other ATs that consume ATK/AT-SPI2 will also be updated. Which ATs did you have in mind?
3. aleventhal commented on Feb 4, 2025

   

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   Hi Joanie, I don't think we have a way of knowing what all the third party ATs are that might expect the API to remain backwards compatible. On Windows we handle this by adding object attributes whenever we develop better info. That way old clients continue to function and newer ones can work better. Sure, it leads to some API bloat and redundant info being exposed, but we don't have to worry about as many hair on fire moments when we regress someone's shipping code in a stable release either.

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   On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM joanmarie ***@***.***> wrote: Ideally other ATs that consume ATK/AT-SPI2 will also be updated. Which ATs did you have in mind? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#245 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAKQAZVNAIBKJJVQJCOJAGD2OER6FAVCNFSM6AAAAABWOEZANGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMMZVGA2DQNBUGA> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: <w3c/core-aam/issues/245/2635048440 ***@***.***>
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