Visual Studio Accessibility
Help Us Make Visual Studio More Accessible!
I'm Aaron Brethorst, the Program Manager responsible for Accessibility and User Interface...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 02/09/2005
The Fundamentals of Accessibility
Consider this article your one-stop shop for all things IAccessible. Below is a summary of the most...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Disclaimer
These postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. The content of this...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Testing for Accessibility: Keyboard, High Contrast, and Assistive Technology Compatibility
Consider this my testament as an Accessibility Tester. I am a Software Designer Engineer in Test on...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Visual Studio Core Team's Accessibility Lab Tour Activity
What s the Accessibility Lab? The Accessibility Technology Group on campus has a lab with numerous...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Watch Out for these Unpopular Accessibility Bugs
I attended a few get-togethers with some Assistive Technology vendors a while back when they were on...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Normal, Unavailable, Offscreen, and Invisible AA States Explained
I'm often asked about the relationship among Normal (same as Visible), Unavailable, and Offscreen,...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Questions and answers about AA-Naming your control
I’m often asked “What's the correct name for this control?” There are many variations to this...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Usability and Accessibility - are they the same thing?
The more I study UI Consistency and improving the user experience, and the more feedback I hear from...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Results from an informal usability study with an ASP.Net developer who has low vision
Last week, Aaron, our Accessibility Program Manager, and I did an informal usability study with a...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
"Testing for Accessibility" article moved to new location
My “Testing for Accessibility” article, also known internally as a “whitepaper”, is now found under...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
What do you think about desktop customization?
Christopher Keroack, the Test Manager for the Windows Accessibility team, asked me if I could post...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
What does IAccessible::get_accKeyboardShortcut() return?
If you said, “A Control's Keyboard Shortcut”, that’s incorrect! I get asked this question from time...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Which MSAA Properties Get Localized?
Let me answer this with a story… it began with a question in my inbox I hadn’t seen before, “Are...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
“Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key” does more than just hide underlined letters
You can find this control on the Display Properties – Appearance Tab – Effects dialog. It not only...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
More on the "Hide Underlined Letters" Checkbox Issue
Check out Saurabh's post on the “hide underline letters” checkbox issue. If you've ever wondered,...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
How to Retrieve Text Under the Mouse Cursor Using AA
Raymond Chen has a post with sample code on How to Retrieve Text under the cursor (mouse pointer)...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
MsaaVerify - An Active Accessibility Testing Tool
Have you ever used AccExplorer or Inspect and wondered whether the information presented was...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Accessibility Macros for Visual Studio 2003
As I demo'ed at CSUN, here are the Accessibility Macros for Visual Studio .NET 2003. These macros...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Implementing IAccessible on Custom Controls
Fiona, one of the devs on my team VSCore, has put together a really nice sample on how to implement...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Active Accessibility and Common Controls
From time to time, I get questions of “Which properties do I need to support for my control?” or...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
Testing with Assistive Technologies
In the past, I’ve focused on testing MSAA Properties. Now we’re ready to take screen reading testing...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
"Hidden" Keyboard Shortcuts in Visual Studio 2005
I’m calling these keyboard shortcuts “hidden” because they are not bound to any commands, so you...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004
MSAA Property Descriptions
Here’s a collective summary of what the different MSAA Properties really mean. Reference:...
Author: vsaccessibility Date: 09/20/2004