JDK-8039093 : The security slider is inaccessible
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Affected Version: 7u2,8
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: windows
  • Submitted: 2014-04-02
  • Updated: 2015-02-20
  • Resolved: 2014-06-12
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JDK 7
7u76Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8026750 - JCP -> Security Tab -> Security Level is read as Percent
Relates :  
JDK-8046709 - Java Control Panel Security Level Radio Buttons do not have name, screen read not able to read the name
Description
The Java Control Panel has a security slider.  When moved from bottom to top JAWS doesn't say Medium, High, Very High.  What is heard is 0% 0 for Medium, 50% 1 for High, and 100% 2 for Very High.

This can't be fixed because there is no solution via the Java Accesibility API.  AccessibleValue only provides Numbers, not Strings.  I talked to Freedom Scientific about adding a new API, e.g. AccessibleExtendedValue returning Strings but they don't have resources to change their code to add support for such a new API.  

The alternative is to change the dialog to use a group of 3 radio buttons.
Comments
reported against JDK7 only, so assigned to sustaining
06-05-2014
Looks same as https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8026750 (filed against 8) but filed for an 7 update release
03-04-2014
Another problem with this dialog is that the slider doesn't have an accessible name. If it had an accessible name like Security Level then the user would be able to guess that the 0, 1, 2 values represented lower to higher security levels. However, radio buttons would be better because the sighted vs non-sighted experience would be the same.
03-04-2014
You could close it as Not Reproducible when the backports resolve as Fixed.
03-04-2014
Not really because it's still a problem for 7u and 8u users.
03-04-2014
the slider is removed as part of https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8033389 in jdk 9 and 8u20. is it okay to close this as duplicate ?
02-04-2014