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WebKit GTK4 is now fully accessible. Shipping in GNOME 46 :gnome:

Funded by @sovtechfund and @igalia ❤️

Completed by Georges Stavracas at Igalia 🎩

Thanks to everyone involved !

• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/6827
• https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/23926

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[GTK] Implement GTK4 accessibility by GeorgesStavracas · Pull Request #23926 · WebKit/WebKit

da96990 [GTK] Implement GTK4 accessibility https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227528 Reviewed by Carlos Garcia Campos. WebKit maintains a complete AT-SPI accessible tree within the web proce...
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Excellent news! What about editing text in edit boxes with GTK4's Wayland backend? Is this fixed or do I still have to use an X session to make it work.
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I haven't reported a bug yet, but this is general GTK4 everywhere. Gnome calculator, anything with a search box, the gnome text editor, all do this. Tab or shift tab, text is announced because it's selected. The minute you try arrowing around or deleting things, Orca stays silent. Works perfectly fine on X though, tested with gnome calculator and the cursoring problems went away.
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@destructatron I'm afraid you'll have to report a bug. I can't reproduce.

Please provide details about your system and exact steps to reproduce.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca/-/issues/new


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@destructatron nevermind Joannie got it https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca/-/issues/458

Need to add smarts for caret-moved events for Wayland (#458) · Issues · GNOME / orca · GitLab

When the caret moves to a new location, we base what to present (a character, a word, a line, etc.) based on the input event. For instance:
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